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008 140224s2014 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014007603
020 $a9781107071971 (hardback)
020 $a1107071976 (hardback)
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050 00 $aKJA2856$b.C37 2014
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084 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCapogrossi Colognesi, Luigi,$eauthor.
240 10 $aDiritto e potere nella storia di Roma.$lEnglish
245 10 $aLaw and power in the making of the Roman commonwealth /$cLuigi Capogrossi Colognesi ; translated by Laura Kopp.
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axxxii, 370 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 356-361) and index.
505 1 $aThe genesis of a political community -- Early Roman institutions -- The Etruscans -- From monarchy to republic -- Rome's republican institutions -- Toward Italian hegemony -- An aristocracy of government -- The evolution of Roman law and jurisprudence -- Rome's Mediterranean hegemony : new horizons in the 3rd century BC -- The reforms of the Gracchi and the crisis of the Roman ruling class -- Sulla's attempted restoration and the twilight of the republic -- Civil war -- Augustus : shaping a new institutional system -- The architecture of governance -- The imperial order at its height -- An empire of cities -- The emperor and the law -- The conclusion of a long journey.
520 $a"With a broad chronological sweep, this book provides an historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It underlines the constant tension between two central aspects of Roman politics: the aristocratic nature of the system of government, and the drive for increased popular participation in decision-making and the exercise of power. The traditional balance of power underwent a radical transformation under Augustus, with new processes of integration and social mobility brought into play. Professor Capogrossi Colognesi brings into sharp relief the deeply political nature of the role of Roman juridical science as an expression of aristocratic politics and discusses the imperial jurists' fundamental contribution to the production of an outline theory of sovereignity and legality which would constitute, together with Justinian's gathering of Roman legal knowledge, the most substantial legacy of Rome"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zRome.
651 0 $aRome$xPolitics and government.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General.$2bisacsh
765 0 $aCapogrossi Colognesi, Luigi.$tDiritto e potere nella storia di Roma.$dNapoli : Jovene, 2007$z8824316816
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/71971/cover/9781107071971.jpg