Localized Law The Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives

by Czajkowski, Kimberley

• ISBN13: 9780191823053
• ISBN10: 0191823058
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2017-03-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Kimberley Czajkowski is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics," Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster. She was previously a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, and holds Masters Degrees in Ancient History from the University of St Andrews and in Jewish Studies from Oxford. Her research interests pertain principally to law in the Roman Near East, with more general interests lying in the fields of Roman legal history, the history of the Jewish people under the Roman Empire, and in processes of 'Romanization'.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
0. Introduction
The Archives
'Provincialization' and Roman Law
Multi-Legalisms, 'Legal Culture', and a 'Ground-Up' Approach
The Archives within this Multi-Legal Approach
1. Beginning to Re-Interpret the Archives
The Tales Told in the Archives
Case Studies
Concluding Remarks
2. The Scribes
Reasons for Hiring a Scribe
The Identity of the Scribes
3. Legal Advisors
Legal Advisors in the Ancient World
The Archives
Scribes and Advisors: A Purely Terminological Distinction?
4. The Parties
The Non-Greek Documents
The Point of Change
The Greek Documents
5. The Alternatives to the Assizes?
Local Tribunals: A Socio-Anthropological Perspective
The Possible Venues and Authorities for Alternative Legal Fora
Local Tribunals and Roman Imperial Power: Effects and Interaction
6. The Roman Officials
The Roman Governor in the Provinces
The Roman Governor in the Archives
The Spectre of the Roman Court
7. Conclusion
Endmatter
Bibliography
Index