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Investment, profit, and tenancy : the jurists and the Roman agrarian economy / Dennis P. Kehoe.

Title: Investment, profit, and tenancy : the jurists and the Roman agrarian economy / Dennis P. Kehoe.
Author: Kehoe, Dennis P.
Publication: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997.

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xiv, 269 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

In Investment, Profit, and Tenancy: The Jurists and the Roman Agrarian Economy Dennis P. Kehoe defines the economic mentality of upper-class Romans by analyzing the assumptions that Roman jurists in the Digest of Justinian made about investment and profit in agriculture as they addressed legal issues involving private property. In particular the author analyzes the duties of guardians in managing the property of their wards and the bequeathing of agricultural property. He bases his analysis on Roman legal sources, which offer a comprehensive picture of the economic interests of upper-class Romans. Farm tenancy was crucial to these interests and Kehoe carefully examines how Roman landowners contended with the legal, social, and economic institutions surrounding farm tenancy as they pursued security from their agricultural investments. Investment, Profit, and Tenancy will be of interest to students of Roman history, particularly the legal, social, and economic history of the Roman empire.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-260) and index.

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committed to retain

ISBN

0472108026

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^^^97024345^//r98

OCLC

37187462
SCSB-10311966

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