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This Book Is Not About The Rules Or Concepts Of Roman Law, Says Alan Watson, But About The Values And Approaches, Explicit And Implicit, Of Those Who Made The Law. The Scope Of Watson's Concerns Encompasses The Period From The Twelve Tables, Around 451 B.c., To The End Of The So-called Classical Period, Around A.d. 235. As He Discusses The Issues And Problems That Faced The Roman Legal Intelligentsia, Watson Also Holds Up Roman Law As A Clear, Although Admittedly Extreme, Example Of Law's Enormous Impact On Society In Light Of Society's Limited Input Into Law. Roman Private Law Has Been The Most Admired And Imitated System Of Private Law In The World, But It Evolved, Watson Argues, As A Hobby Of Gentlemen, Albeit A Hobby That Carried Social Status. The Jurists, The Private Individuals Most Responsible For Legal Development, Were First And Foremost Politicians And (in The Empire) Bureaucrats; Their Engagement With The Law Was Primarily To Win The Esteem Of Their Peers.^ The Exclusively Patrician College Of Pontiffs Was Given A Monopoly Of Interpretation Of Private Law In The Mid Fifth Century B.c. Though The College Would Lose Its Exclusivity And Monopoly, Interpretation Of Law Rema

Author

Watson, Alan, 1933-

Publisher

Athens: University of Georgia Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820316697

Subjects

Law