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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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Procedural Situations in Horace’s Sat. 1,9
Journal on European History of LawOur knowledge of Roman law is based primarily on the works of Justinian’s codification. When we read through the ‘Corpus Iuris Civilis’, we gain an excellent insight into the legal culture of the high and late classical period.
Norbert Pozsonyi
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The Sceptical Mind – Towards a New European Ius Commune?
Journal on European History of Law, 2012 When it comes to the current Europeanisation of private law, it is little surprise that those, who – referring to Savigny – stress the necessity of an organic legal development, refer to the learned ius commune as historical role model, which had once ...
Benedikt Forschner
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THE PERMANENT CHARACTER OF ROMAN LAW – INFLUENCE OF ROMAN LAW IN MODERN LAW –
Pravo, 2012 The significance of Roman law has always been subject to permanent questioning and denial, not only at the time of adopting the great civil codifications but also in the contemporary world. Nowadays, we may witness numerous attempts aimed at marginalizing Roman law, passing negative remarks on the relevance of its further study and questioning its role
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Journal on European History of Law, 2023 In Roman law, it was not uncommon for a filius or a filia familias to get married. The capability of a filius or a filia familias to sue or be a defendant was restricted. During an intact marriage, such a restriction was often insignificant. However, in
Michael Binder
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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Explorations in the economics of intertemporal asset transfer in Roman Palestine [PDF]
Following the Jewish Revolt and the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE, there were large-scale destabilizations of the Jewish population in Palestine.
P.V. Viswanath
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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