This can be a ebook in regards to the legislation and lifetime of Rome during which individuals reply to John Crook's injunction to 'think like attorneys' by way of ranging so far as historical Greece, old Persia and sleek Denmark to expound their issues and draw comparisons. a gap part makes a speciality of Civil legislation, kind of as conventionally conceived, with chapters at the peculium, on municipal legislations at Irni in Roman Spain, on advisers of Roman provincial governors, and on violent crime. Roman perceptions of the actual and human worlds are the point of interest of a moment part, and comparisons among Greek, Roman and glossy methods of puzzling over legislations and govt come into the 3rd part. within the ultimate part, individuals argue the heritage of legislations and lifestyles from refractions of genuine and imagined Rome."
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Supplementum. historical past and archaeology of classical antiquity KJA147. T482002 340. 5'4—dc21 2001059241 Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufhahme [Mnemosyne / Supplementum] Mnemosyne : bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. - Leiden ; Boston ; Koln : Brill Friiher Schriftenreihe Teilw. u. d. T. : Mnemosyne / supplementations Reihe Supplementum zu: Mnemosyne 231. McKechnie Paul : pondering like a attorney. considering like a legal professional : essays on felony background and normal heritage for John criminal on his 80th birthday / ed. by way of Paul McKechnie. - Leiden ; Boston ; Koln : Brill, 2002 (Mnemosyne : Supplementum ;231) ISBN 90-04-12474-8 ISSN 0169-8958 ISBN 9004124748 © Copyright 2002 through Koninklijke Brill JW, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No a part of this book should be reproduced, translated, saved in a retrieval process, or transmitted in any shape or in any respect, digital, mechanical, photocopying, recording or another way, with no past written permission from the writer. Authorization to photocopy itemsfor inner or own use is granted by means of Brill only if the right charges are paid on to The Copyright Clearance heart, 222 Rosewood force, Suite 910 DanversMA 01923, united states. charges are topic to alter. published within the NETHERLANDS NONIS NOUEMBRIBUS MMI* entice peritus adest; linguis faueatis, amici: natalem ex animo commemorare decet. Crucquius est nomen; Joannes saepius audit: mense sub undecimo lustra bis octo feret. principio iuuenis sese inuenit inter Amicos Principis ignotus Consiliumque petit, scrutatur fontes; Comitum comes evenit ipse: nomina Amicorum cuncta coronis habet. postmodo de prelo paret lus Vitaque Romae. qui exertions auctori! lectio laeta tamen. historiis docet ille; sapit placuisse docendo; consulto causas enucleare libet. deinde Vicaria Vox auditur causidicorum uendibili lingua proficiente reis. en, tria doctrinae monumenta carentia morte: Rhetor, lus Uiuum, Consiliumque Duds. uiuas et valeas, loannes care, precamur, consultus iuris iustitiaeque simul. ON JOHN CROOK'S 80th BIRTHDAY (5. eleven. 2001) The lawyer's clock is operating, so pray silence, associates. the shape is: the lawyer's personal birthday honours. Surname: criminal. traditional appellation: JOHN. Age in years: eighty. D. O. B. : O5 NOV 1921. 1st Publ. : CONSILIUM PRINCIPIS, IMPERIAL COUNCIL AND COUNCILLORS FROM AUGUSTUS TO DIOCLETIAN (CAMBRIDGE, 1955) Junior then, he stumbled on himself facing Emperors' buddies; New boy on the town, he went looking for the Counselling; In focussed paintings at the assets, there emerges a Councillor's advice; Appended, of all identified acquaintances. subsequent from the click: legislation AND lifetime of ROME (LONDON, 1967) rather a lot toil for the writer, yet nonetheless a pleasure to learn: J. A. C. makes use of tales to coach, is aware to offer excitement educating; simply ask: the Roman attorney likes attending to the guts of every case. criminal ADVOCACY within the ROMAN international (LONDON, 1995) pay attention! Tongues for rent; the dock to protect. There, a enormous triptych of everlasting scholarship: felony ADVOCACY; legislations & existence; CONSILIUM PRINCIPIS.