Название: Murder Was Not a Crime: Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic
Автор: Judy E. Gaughan
Издательство: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292725671
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 214
Размер: 11,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

Embarking on a unique study of Roman criminal law, Judy Gaughan has developed a novel understanding of the nature of social and political power dynamics in republican government. Revealing the significant relationship between political power and attitudes toward homicide in the Roman republic, Murder Was Not a Crime describes a legal system through which families (rather than the government) were given the power to mete out punishment for murder.