Daube david 1909 (1 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5 leaves, 111, [1] pp. Original cloth. Ex-library: label on spine. Bookplate on pastedown. Embossed stamp on title page. Small piece of paper affixed to rear pastedown. Else Very Good, without dust jacket. 'Much of his work on Roman law has been concerned with what analysis of linguistic forms can reveal about a particular text and with the misunderstandings that arise when scholars fail to pay attention to how ideas and institutions develop (but old linguistic forms persist) in the face of changing circumstances. The concern with linguistic analysis is particularly evident in his two books on Roman law: Forms of Roman Legislation (1956) and Roman Law: Linguistic, Social, and Philosophical Aspects (1969)' (Edward M. Wise, 'David Daube' entry in Kelly Boyd, Encyclopedia of historians and historical writing, Volume 1, 1999).…