Ulpian: Pioneer of Human Rights

Title Page......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 12
List of Ulpian\'s Works with Method of Citation......Page 13
I. THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND......Page 16
II. ULPIAN\'S CAREER: SOURCES......Page 22
III. NAME AND ORIGIN: TYRE......Page 23
IV. THE REIGN OF SEVERUS 193-211......Page 29
V. THE REIGNS OF CARACALLA AND MACRINUS......Page 37
VI. THE REIGNS OF ELAGABAL AND ALEXANDER (218-223/4)......Page 41
2. The Oral Style......Page 52
I. THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY......Page 91
II. HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 99
4. The Empirical Method......Page 109
5. Genuine Works......Page 120
I. THE MAJOR COMMENTARIES......Page 122
II. THE MEDIUM-SCALE WORKS......Page 129
III. LESSER WORKS......Page 132
6. Sources and Scholarship......Page 141
I. THE MAIN SOURCES......Page 143
II. OTHER FIRST-HAND SOURCES......Page 154
III. COLLECTIONS OF LAWYERS\' OPINIONS......Page 160
IV. SOURCES CITED AT SECOND HAND......Page 163
V. IMPERIAL SOURCES......Page 167
7. Dates and Plan I: On the Edict......Page 173
I. REFERENCES TO EMPERORS......Page 174
II. BLOCKS OF COMMENTARY......Page 187
8. Dates and Plan II: Quinquennium Ulpiani......Page 192
I. THE MEDIUM-SCALE TREATISES......Page 196
II. ULPIAN\'S PLAN AND THE LESSER WORKS......Page 201
I. THE EARLY PERIOD: AD 213 AND 214......Page 204
II. THE MIDDLE PERIOD: AD 215......Page 211
III. THE LATER PERIOD: AD 216 AND 217......Page 216
10. Spurious Works......Page 221
11. Epilogue......Page 242
Table I. List of Latin Words and Phrases Referred to in the Text and Footnotes......Page 246
Table II. References to Legal Texts......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 298
Index......Page 312