Download or read book Legal Origins and Legal Change written by Alan Watson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Rome written by Zvi Yavetz and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enormous numbers of slaves were absorbed into Roman society from the third century B.C. onwards. Mainly enslaved prisoners of war, they transformed the quality of life in the Roman Empire beyond recognition. In this anthology the author offers a complete collection of Greek and Latin sources in an English translation which deal with the great slave rebellions in the second and first centuries B.C. In a postscript Zvi Yavetz surveys the controversy on slaves and slavery from the French Revolution to our own days, with an emphasis on the debate between Marxists and non-Marxists. The book is intended for specialists and generalists alike, including those who have had no previous classical education, but could after delving in sources concern themselves with one of the most intriguing problems in world history. Zvi Yavetz holds the Lessing Chair of Roman History at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and is distinguished visiting professor at Queens College of the City University of New York. He is the author of many books in Hebrew, French and German on Roman history among which are Julius Caesar and His Public Image and Plebs and Princips.

Download or read book Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire written by K. R. Bradley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking book is the first to show how the institution of slavery, one of the most characteristic and enduring features of Roman imperial society, was maintained over time and how, at the practical level, the lives of slaves in the Roman world were directly controlled by their masters. The author demonstrates, first, how the tensions generated between slaves and masters can be perceived in the ancient sources, and, second, how those tensions were dealt with, as masters treated their slaves with varying forms of generosity and punishment in order to elicit obedience from them. Special attention is given to the slaves' family lives, to their acquisition of freedom through manumission, and to the climate of violence that surrounded them. Emphasizing the harsh realities of Roman slavery in a new way, this important book will stir intense debate among scholars and students.

Download or read book The Golden Thread written by Ewan Clayton and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and services in ancient Mesopotamia, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty–first–century users of desktop computers, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Calligraphy expert Ewan Clayton traces the history of an invention which—ever since our ancestors made the transition from a nomadic to an agrarian way of life in the eighth century BC—has been the method of codification and dissemination of ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political progress. He explores the social and cultural impact of, among other stages, the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the papyrus scroll with the codex in the late Roman period; the perfecting of printing using moveable type in the fifteenth century and the ensuing spread of literacy; the industrialization of printing during the Industrial Revolution; the impact of artistic Modernism on the written word in the early twentieth century—and of the digital switchover at the century's close. The Golden Thread also raises issues of urgent interest for a society living in an era of unprecedented change to the tools and technologies of written communication. Chief among these is the fundamental question: "What does it mean to be literate in the early twenty–first century?" The book belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who is inquisitive not just about the centrality of writing in the history of humanity, but also about its future; it is sure to appeal to lovers of language, books and cultural history.

Download or read book The Roman Law of Slavery written by William Warwick Buckland and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Slavery in Babylonia written by Muhammad A. Dandamaev and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an analysis of the economics of slavery and a picture of Neo-Babylonian society as a whole.

Download or read book Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World 140 B C 70 B C written by Keith R. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradley's study carefully analyses and describes the 3 major slave rebellions and uprisings that occurred during the period 140 B.C. to 70 B.C. His analysis examines the conditions that led the slaves to resist and how they maintained the rebellion.

Download or read book Successioni e donazioni Seconda edizione written by Lorenzo Balestra and published by CEDAM. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 2736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L’opera, nella sua nuova edizione aggiornata alla legge 10 dicembre 2012, n. 219, in materia di filiazione, e successivo recentissimo decreto legislativo attuativo (28 dicembre 2013, n. 154 Revisione delle disposizioni vigenti in materia di filiazione, GU n. 5 del 8-1-2014) fornisce un’ampia lettura del Libro II del Codice civile, proponendo un quadro quanto più completo del panorama dottrinale e giurisprudenziale formatosi sulla materia. Testo completo ed agile, sia per la conoscenza della disciplina che per l’applicazione pratica, è utilizzabile dallo studioso che vuol disporre di uno strumento compiuto e, soprattutto, dal professionista alle prese con le numerose problematiche presenti nella materia successoria. La struttura dell’opera, per semplificarne l’utilizzo, ricalca quella codicistica: gli argomenti sono, infatti, svolti nello stesso ordine previsto dal Codice civile, salvo i necessari aggiustamenti per dare omogeneità alla trattazione. STRUTTURA DELL'OPERA PARTE PRIMA - La successione a causa di morte apertura della successione - La delazione dell’eredità - Divieto dei patti successori - Acquisto dell’eredità - I poteri del chiamato prima dell’accettazione - Capacità di succedere - Indegnità di succedere - La rappresentazione - L’accettazione dell’eredità - L’accettazione dell’eredità con beneficio di inventario - La separazione dei beni del defunto - La rinuncia all’eredità - L’eredità giacente - La petizione di eredità PARTE SECONDA - I legittimari - La successione legittima - Successioni testamentarie. Disposizioni generali - La forma dei testamenti - La pubblicazione dei testamenti - Dell’istituzione di erede e dei legati - Elementi accidentali - I legati - Il diritto di accrescimento - La revocazione del testamento - La sostituzione ordinaria e fedecommissaria - Gli esecutori testamentari PARTE TERZA - La divisione testamentaria - La comunione ereditaria - La collazione - Del pagamento dei debiti ereditari - Effetti della divisione e garanzia delle quote - Annullamento e rescissione della divisione PARTE QUARTA - Il patto di famiglia PARTE QUINTA - La donazione - La capacità di disporre e di ricevere per donazione - La forma e gli effetti della donazione - La revocazione delle donazioni