Compiling the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum in Late Antiquity 0199589402, 9780199589401

The expansion of Christianity and the codification of Roman law are two of the most significant facets of late antiquity

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OXFORD STUDIES IN ROMAN SOCIETY AND LAW GENERA L EDITORS

Paul Ju Plessis

Thomas:\ . J. l\kGinn

The aim of this monograph series is to create an interJisciplin,1r~ forum JevoteJ to the inter,1rtion between legal history anJ ancient history. in the context of the stuJy of Rom,111 1.m·. Focusing on the relationship of law to society. the ,·olumes will nwer the most significant perioJs of Roman law , up to the Jeath of Justinian in 565 , so as to proYiJe a balanceJ view of growth. Jcdine . anJ resurgence. l\lost import,mtly. the series will proYoke general Jebate over the extent to which legal rules shoulJ be cxamineJ in light of the society which proJuceJ them in orJer to unJerstanJ their purpose and efticacy. The expansion of Christianity anJ the coJification of Roman law are two of the most si_l-'11ificant facets of late antiquity. The Ct1ll,11i,1 L..0wv,av::'¾' :TTTE~· ou5_aaK~E, Tf aya0ov TTOtTJOW ,va axw 'WTJII a,w11to11; 17. 0 OE ETTTEII a1JTqr n f.J,E EpwTqS TTEpt TOV aya0ov; El, lanv o aya06,. d O£ o,>..£&, d. TTJII 'W'1JII EiaEA0£iv, TTJPTJOOII Ta, £1/TO>..a,.18. My£& aUT'¾J" TTO