Roman Slave Law and Romanist Ideology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Watson (0000-0002-3727-6786), A T Watson (0000-0001-7052-7973, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1087314 |
| OpenAlex | W2324205531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
H ISTORICAL OBJECTIVITY is no easy task. David Daube has shown there is no scholarly effort independent of fashion (by which he understands a cultural trend) and idiosyncracy (by which he understands a personal bent). 1 A further element obscures the truth: the self-selection of scholars. Independently of fashion and idiosyncracy, those scholars who choose to work in a particular field will share some common features. Scholars who choose to specialize in Roman law will tend to admire the Romans and their achievement in law-making. They will want to approve of the rules they find in the legal sources, hence they become blind-or at least excessively short-sighted-to some obvious blemishes. I should like to discuss three aspects of the law of slavery which have been widely misunderstood, and where the misunderstanding makes Roman law more decent than it was. Roman slavery may be condemned by later scholars but they neglect or misinterpret information on some of its most distressing features
Element (criminal law) · Epistemology · Ideology · Objectivity (philosophy) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classical Studies and Legal History · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · Law · Legal principles and applications · Philosophy
The triumviral period
From Nero to Vespasian
The Senate and senatorial and equestrian posts
Augustus
The place of religion
Raetia
Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica
The Administration of Justice
Greece (Including Crete and Cyprus) and Asia Minor From 43 b.c. To a.d. 69
Literature and society
Political history, 30 B.C. to A.D. 14
Rome and its development under Augustus and his successors
The expansion of the empire under Augustus
Provincial administration and taxation
Roman art, 43 B.C. to A.D. 69
Spain
Italy and Rome from Sulla to Augustus
The imperial court
Social status and social legislation
The Imperial finances
Egypt
Tiberius to Nero
Britain 43 B.C. to A.D. 69
Roma Hukukunda Kölelikle İlgili Kanunlar Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
The Cambridge Ancient History
Imperial Power, Provincial Government, and the Emergence of Roman Asia, 133 BCE-14 CE
The Relevance of Roman Law
| Citations per year | 0.9 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2023 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |