The Relationship Between Roman and Local Law in the Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives

General Analysis and Three Case Studies on Law of Succession, Guardianship and Marriage
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-14974-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 69, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1019 g

Reihe: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah

The discovery of the Babatha archive provided scholars with unique opportunities for reconstructing the life of Jews in second-century Arabia. Although legal issues and especially the question of the relationship between Roman and local law have received attention in a number of publications, this study presents the first complete overview of the legal situation as presented in the Babatha as well as the Salome Komaise archive, using references to law in the documents' texts as the key element for understanding what law is applicable to these documents. By distinguishing between two levels in the papyri, of substantive and of formal law, a new understanding is reached of the part both Roman and local law played in legal reality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oudshoorn, Carolien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Jacobine G. Oudshoorn, Ph.D. (2005) in Law, University of Groningen, combines proficiency in Classical and Semitic Languages with a profound knowledge of legal issues for specialised research into conflict of law in the Ancient East.