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Augustus and the Invention of Public Law Constituting Empire as State
By Jacob Giltaij
Copyright 2026
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the most important and influential reform of the state was that done by the first emperor Augustus, turning the warring Roman republic into a relatively stable empire lasting 500 years in the West, and 1500 in the East. Not only was the scope incomparable to any ancient reform before or after, but the means were also novel: Augustus used the law of the day to effect crucial... Read more
Introduction; 1. Legislator; 2: Iudex; 3: Municipium; 4: Censor; 5: Iurisprudens; Conclusion.
Biography
Jacob Giltaij is Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
