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Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt
- Title
- Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / Benjamin Kelly.
- Author
- Kelly, Benjamin.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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- Description
- xvii, 427 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book examines the contribution that petitioning and litigation made to the maintenance of the social order in Roman Egypt between 30 BC and AD 284. Through the analysis of the many hundreds of documents surviving on papyrus, especially petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, Kelly focuses on how the legal system achieved its formal goals (that is, the resolution of disputes through judgments), and discusses in detail the contribution made by the litigation process to informal methods of social control. With particular emphasis on the roles that this process played in the transmission of political ideologies, in the maintenance of family solidarity, and in the fostering of 'private' mechanisms of dispute resolution, the book argues that although the legal system was less than successful when judged by its formal aims, it did have a real social impact by contributing indirectly to some of the informal mechanisms that ensured order in this province of the Roman Empire."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in ancient documents
- Uniform Title
- Oxford studies in ancient documents.
- Subject
- Note
- Note 23 on page 252 refers to a Brooklyn papyrus.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-404) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Petitions and social history -- Legal control in Roman Egypt -- Who used the justice system? -- Political ideologies in the legal realm -- Hierarchy and group solidarity -- Private dispute resolution and the shadow of the law -- Vexatious and vexing litigation -- Conclusions.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-3703
- ISBN
- 9780199599615 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0199599610 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011294209
- OCLC
- 767866440
- Author
- Kelly, Benjamin.
- Title
- Petitions, litigation, and social control in Roman Egypt / Benjamin Kelly.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Series
- Oxford studies in ancient documentsOxford studies in ancient documents.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-404) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-3703