The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period—especially in Judaism—has been a key issue among scholars in recent years. This th

Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

Comprehensive and accessible, this book offers a concise synthesis of the evolution of the law in Western Europe, from ancient Rome to the beginning of the twen

Ancient Rome is the only society in the history of the western world whose legal profession evolved autonomously, distinct and separate from institutions of pol

The Roman empire set law at the center of its very identity. A complex and robust ideology of law and justice is evident not only in the dynamics of imperial ad