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Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book concerns the Roman institution of the family and its many legal functions in the period before the rise of the Roman Empire. The author examines a wide range of sources, including law codes and literary texts, to reconstruct the legal and cultural framework which governed the Roman family, examining, the role of the paterfamilias, the legal status of women and children, and the legal and social practices governing marriage and divorce. By elucidating the significance of the Roman family as a social and political institution, and tracing the development of family law over time, this book enhances our understanding of the evolution of Roman society and its unique legal system. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781390724554_0
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