Women in Roman Law and Society - Brossura

Gardner, Jane F.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 041505902X ISBN 13: 9780415059022

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1987

Riassunto

The legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women.
Dr Gardner describes the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives - in families, as daughters, wives and parents; as heiresses and testators; as owners and controllers of property; and as workers. She looks with particular attention at the ways in which the strict letter of the law came to be modified, softened, circumvented, and even changed, pointing out that the laws themselves tell us as much about the economic situation of women and the range of opportunities available to them outside the home.

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Book by Gardner Jane F

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 041505902X
• ISBN 13: 9780415059022
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 287