Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity [Hardcover]

The sixteen papers in this volume investigate the links between law and society during Late Antiquity (260-640 CE). On the one hand, they consider how social changes such as the barbarian settlement and the rise of the Christian church resulted in the creation of new sources of legal authority, such as local and vulgar law, barbarian law codes, and canon law. On the other, they investigate the interrelationship between legal innovations and social change.

The survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlement,Arjava
Spoiling the Egyptians: Roman Law and Christian Exegesis in Late Antiquity,Clark
Legal Privilege and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa,Dossey
The Impact of Law and Social Customs on the Development of Syriac Christian Canon Law in the Sassanian Empire,Erhart
Lawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity,Greatrex
Virgins and Widows, Show-girls and Whores: Late Roman Legislation on Women and Christianity,Evans Grubbs
Resolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity,Harries
The Legacy of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain,Jones
Evidence for the Audientia Episcopalis in the New Letters of Augustine,Lenski
Mathisen
MatthewsInterpreting the Interpretationes of the Breviarium
The Salic Law and Barbarian Diet.,Pearson
Canonists Construct the Nun?: Canonical Legislation about Women Religious in Merovingian and Carolingian France,Peyroux
The Farmer, the Landlord, and the Law in the Fifth Century,Sirks
Lex and Iussio: The Feriale Campanum and Christianity in the Theodosian Age,Trout
The survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlement,Arjava
Spoiling the Egyptians: Roman Law and Christian Exegesis in Late Antiquity,Clark
Judicial Violence and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa,Dossel“;