Roman law and economics

Roman law and economics

by Dari-Mattiacci, Giuseppe Kehoe, Dennis P.

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The economic analysis of Roman law has enormous potential to illuminate the origins of Roman legal institutions in response to changes in the economic activities that they regulated. "This book investigates the economics of Roman legal institutions, their functions and their evolution. It brings together most of the scholars that have been active in this field in recent years from three interconnected perspectives: legal history, economic history and the economic analysis of law."

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  • Full title :Roman law and economics. / edited by Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Dennis P. Kehoe.

Summary

The economic analysis of Roman law has enormous potential to illuminate the origins of Roman legal institutions in response to changes in the economic activities that they regulated.

"This book investigates the economics of Roman legal institutions, their functions and their evolution. It brings together most of the scholars that have been active in this field in recent years from three interconnected perspectives: legal history, economic history and the economic analysis of law."

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2020
  • Edition:First edition

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Notes

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vii, 345 pages) : : illustrations (black and white).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191829284, 0191829285, 9780191090981, 0191090980, 9780191090974, 0191090972
  • oclc:on1176510374
  • LC Classification:KJA147
  • Dewey Decimal:340.54

Table of Contents

Volume 1. Institutions and Organizations -- Rome and the economics of ancient law I / Geoffrey Parsons Miller -- Part I: Institutions -- What can the endogenous institutions literature tell us about ancient Rome? / Robert K. Fleck, F. Andrew Hanssen, and Dennis P. Kehoe -- The constitution of the Roman Republic / Eric A. Posner -- Law-making and economic change during the Republic and Early Empire / Luuk de Ligt -- Part II. Markets and Trade -- Setting the rules of the game: the market and its working in the Roman Empire / Elio Lo Cascio -- Statistics in ancient history: prices and trade in the Pax Romana / Peter Temin -- The organization of India-to-Rome trade: loans and agents in the Muziris Papyrus / Ron Harris -- Incomplete organizations: legal entities and asset partitioning in Roman commerce / Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman, and Richard Squire -- Roman business associations / Andreas Martin Fleckner -- Agency problems and organizational costs in slave-run businesses / Barbara Abatino and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci -- Mandate and the management of business in the Roman Empire / Dennis P. Kehoe.

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Subjects

Affaires -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500 Business Business -- History -- To 1500 Commercial policy Droit romain -- Aspect économique Droit romain -- Histoire History Roman law Roman law -- Economic aspects Roman law -- History Rome -- Commercial policy Rome (Empire) To 1500

Writers

Dari-Mattiacci, Giuseppe Kehoe, Dennis P.

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