| Description |
300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Past and present publications |
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Past and present publications.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- List of contributors page ix -- Preface xi -- 1 Introduction 1 -- Peter Coss -- 2 The language of law in Classical Athens 17 -- S. C. Todd -- 3 The autonomy of Roman law 37 -- Andrew D. E. Lewis -- 4 Local participation and legal ritual in early medieval law courts 48 -- Wendy Davies -- 5 Due process versus the maintenance of order in European law: 62 -- the contribution of the ius commune -- Paul Hyams -- 6 Inside the courtroom: lawyers, litigants and justices in England 91 -- in the later middle ages -- Paul Brand -- 7 'Nemo mortalis cognitus vivit in evo': moral and legal conflicts 113 -- in a Florentine inheritance case of 1442 -- Thomas Kuehn -- 8 Law, litigants and the construction of ̀€honour': slander suits in 134 -- early modern England -- Martin Ingram -- 9 Story-telling and the social imagery of religious conflict in 161 -- nineteenth-century French law courts -- Caroline Ford -- 10 'Their idea of justice is so peculiar': Southern Rhodesia 178 -- 1890-1910 -- Diana Jeater -- 11 Kenyatta's trials: breaking and making an African nationalist 196 -- John Lonsdale -- 12 Conclusion 240 -- Chris Wickham -- Index 250 |
| Notes |
Based on papers delivered at a conference held at the University of Birmingham in 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sociological jurisprudence.
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Justice, Administration of -- Europe -- History.
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Law and ethics.
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Law and ethics -- History.
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Justice, Administration of -- Africa -- History.
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| Author |
Coss, Peter R.
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| LC no. |
99015978 |
| ISBN |
0521640598 : |
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