Women and the law in the Roman Empire : a sourcebook on marriage, divorce and widowhood

Women and the law in the Roman Empire : a sourcebook on marriage, divorce and widowhood / Judith Evans Grubbs.

"This sourcebook exploits fully the rich legal material of the imperial period - from Augustus (31 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) to the end of the western Roman Empire (476 C.E.), incorporating both pagan and Christian eras, and explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they...

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Bibliografske podrobnosti
Glavni avtor: Grubbs, Judith Evans (Author, Compiler)
Format: eKnjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Teme:
To 500
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Rome.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women (Roman law) > History > To 500 > Sources.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women (Roman law)
Vrouwen.
Rechtspositie.
Romeins recht.
Romeinse keizertijd.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. > Sources.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
History
Sources
Bronnen (vorm)
Online dostop:Click for online access
Kazalo:
  • Preface : A sourcebook on women and the law in the Roman Empire: marriage, divorce, and widowhood
  • List of abbreviations
  • Glossary of Latin legal terms
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : Historical and legal background: The legal sources ; Roman social structure and the legal system ; Timetable of important events and laws
  • 1. The status of women in Roman law: Definitions ; Forms of legal power ; Tutela mulierum (the guardianship of women) ; Legal stereotypes of women's abilities and behavior ; Women in court, restrictions and rights ; Women in public life, restrictions and responsibilities
  • 2. Marriage in Roman law and society: Marriage and its consequences in classical Roman law ; Marriage and its consequences in late Roman law ; Marriage contracts from Egypt and the Near East
  • 3. Prohibited and non-legal unions: Prohibited and non-marital unions in classical law ; Prohibited and non-marital unions in late antiquity
  • 4. Divorce and its consequences: Divorce in classical law ; Divorce in late Roman law ; Divorce in Egypt and the Near East
  • 5. Widows and their children: Remarriage in Roman law ; Widows and the guardianship of fatherless children ; Pregnant widows.

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