Contents

Preface vii

List of Contributors ix

List of Abbreviations x

DEBATES AND CONTEXTS

Introduction: Themes and Literature 3

J W Cairns and P J du Plessis

1 Law and Society 9

A Watson

LAW AND EMPIRE

2 Legal Pluralism and the Roman Empires 39

K Tuori

3 Diplomatics, Law and Romanisation in the Documents from

the Judaean Desert 53

E A Meyer

LAW CODES AND CODIFICATION

4 Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition 85

J Harries

5 Diocletian and the Efficacy of Public Law 105

R D Rees

DEATH, ECONOMICS AND SUCCESSION

6 The Dutiful Legatee: Pliny, Letters V1 125

A D E Lewis

7 The Hereditability of Locatio Conductio 139

P J du Plessis

COMMERCE AND LAW

8 Dealing with the Abyss: the Nature and Purpose of the Rhodian Sea-Law on Jettison (Lex Rhodia de Iactu, D 14.2) and the

Making of Justinian's Digest 157

J-J Aubert

9 Suing the Paterfamilias: Theory and Practice 173

D Johnston

PROCEDURE

10 Lawsuits in Context 187

E Metzger

11 The Role of Delators 206

O F Robinson

Index 221