The Edicts of the Praetors: Law, Time, and Revolution in Ancient Rome

IF 0.8 3区 社会学 Q1 HISTORY
Lisa Pilar Eberle
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Abstract This paper revises current understandings of judicial edicts in ancient Rome—the annually published texts in which Roman magistrates set out the formulae according to which they would institute trials during their year in office. While standard accounts see these edicts as the work of legal specialists, heretofore neglected sources for how contemporaries talked about these texts suggest that they were indeed the work of the magistrates that issued them. At times these magistrates formulated new provisions; for the most part they selectively drew on past edicts, not least to accommodate the demands of their friends and clients. These patterns in compositional practice can only be understood within the framework of Roman political culture. More importantly, in their annually changing published form judicial edicts emerge as crucial objects in the construction of time in ancient Rome. Arguably, they constituted a legal practice that could encompass revolution—at least for a year.
《裁判官法令:古罗马的法律、时间和革命》
摘要:本文修正了目前对古罗马司法法令的理解。古罗马司法法令是每年出版的文本,罗马法官在其中列出了他们在任职期间将根据这些法令进行审判的公式。虽然标准说法认为这些法令是法律专家的作品,但迄今为止被忽视的同时代人如何谈论这些文本的来源表明,它们确实是发布它们的地方官员的作品。有时,这些地方法官制定新的规定;在大多数情况下,他们选择性地借鉴了过去的法令,尤其是为了满足他们的朋友和客户的要求。只有在罗马政治文化的框架内才能理解这些作曲实践中的模式。更重要的是,在它们每年变化的出版形式中,司法法令成为古罗马时间结构的重要对象。可以说,它们构成了一种可以包含革命的法律实践——至少持续一年。
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1.10
自引率
12.50%
发文量
42
期刊介绍: Law and History Review (LHR), America"s leading legal history journal, encompasses American, European, and ancient legal history issues. The journal"s purpose is to further research in the fields of the social history of law and the history of legal ideas and institutions. LHR features articles, essays, commentaries by international authorities, and reviews of important books on legal history. American Society for Legal History
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