Candy Peter, Ferrándiz Emilia M. (eds.) Roman Law and Maritime Commerce

Edinburgh University Press, 2022. — 224 p.Examines the conduct of Roman long-distance trade in its social and legal context.- Employs a robust and innovative methodology drawing on maritime archaeological remains and textual, epigraphic and papyrological sources
- Explores the relationship between Roman long-distance trade and the development of legal institutions
- Includes contributions from Peter B. Campbell, Gabriele Cifani, Roberto Fiori, Éva Jakab, Annalisa Marzano, Gianfranco Purpura and Anna TarwackaBringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book provides new perspectives on long-distance trade in the Roman world. Recent archaeological work has shown that maritime trade across the Mediterranean intensified greatly at the same time as the Roman state was extending its power overseas. This book explores aspects of this development and its relationship with changes in the legal and institutional apparatus that supported maritime commerce. It analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted, and in doing so presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.Peter Candy is Early Career Fellow in Legal History at University of Edinburgh. His research interests include Roman legal and economic history and the relationship between legal change and economic development through time.Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz is Maria Zambrano Fellow in the Law faculty at the University of the Basque Country (Euskal herriko Unibertsitatea), and a fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Münster. She holds PhDs in both Roman law and archaeology from the Universities of Alicante and Palermo (2014) and Southampton and Lyon 2 (2018) respectively. Her research interests lie in the field of Roman law, with a particular focus upon its commercial and maritime aspects.