Women and the Law in the Roman Empire
Subtitle: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780415152402
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Roman law; Women's studies; BCE to c 500 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Women's Studies - History; History / Ancient / Rome; Social Science-Women's Studies - History; Women's Studies - General
First sentence: The sources of Roman law include several different kinds of legal text: constitutions of Roman emperors (both general laws and responses to individual cases), and writings of legal experts called jurists.