{"product_id":"legal-artifices-ten-essays-on-roman-law-in-the-present-tense-paperback","title":"Legal Artifices: Ten Essays on Roman Law in the Present Tense - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYan Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlain Pottage\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eThanos Zartaloudis\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYan Thomas taught at the ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes (Paris) until his death in 2008 at the age of 56. Truly seminal as a specialist in Roman and legal history, Thomas left a work that consists mainly of numerous articles. His work is best described as an inventory of genealogical prolegomena to the understanding of the Western legal tradition. The essays collected here provide a clear insight into the stakes of Thomas' renowned inquiries. Thomas' investigations into Roman history and law focus, case-by-case, upon the law's \u003ci\u003eoperations\u003c\/i\u003e - and, by extension, upon their expansion and transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresents for the first time in English ten essays of Yan Thomas (1943-2008), whose contributions to Roman law revolutionised legal scholarship. Western legal professionals habitually rely on a version of legal history that bolsters their own sway over the present. The legal mythologies undergirding these self-serving proposals are divided between doctrines of law's immemorial nature, and of its sacred (Roman) origins. Thomas's de-mythicized jurisprudence dismisses these sagas. The seismic waves that his work has sent across the humanities and social sciences include, as illustrated in this volume, the claims that: ● Law is not a set of rules, but the operation of legal arguments. Lawyers are the agents of the legal denaturalization of the world. ● Rome is misread as an essentially political entity. The effect exercised on Roman society by its jurists ranks before that of its politicians. ● Despite a widely accepted opposition between modern labour law and the Roman renting-out of a slave's workforce, there exist unexpected commonalities. ● 'Legal order' and 'responsibility' are among the inventions of modern law. They are not part of the timeless inventory of the world. Yan Thomas, a French Roman law scholar, taught at the ﾉcole des Hautes ﾉtudes (Paris).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYan Thomas (1943), a seminal specialist on Roman social and legal institutions and legal anthropology, taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes (Paris), until his death in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlain Pottage is Professor of Law at SciencesPo, Paris. He was previously Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. His work focuses on the history and theory of intellectual prop- erty and questions relating to law and the Anthropocene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanos Zartaloudis is a Reader in Legal Theory and History at Kent Law School, University of Kent, and Lecturer in History and Theory Studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Schütz is an Honorary Fellow of Kent Law School, University of Kent. He is co-editor of the book series Encounters in Law and Philosophy (EUP). His current studies focus on right-centred vs. law-centred normative orders \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanos Zartaloudis is a Reader in Legal Theory and History at Kent Law School, University of Kent, and Lecturer in History and Theory Studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper Francis is an essayist and translator who completed his post-graduate studies at the Center for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kings College London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChantal Schütz is Head of Department of Languages and Cultures at the École Polytechnique, Paris. Her recent work is on early modern broadside ballads; Thomas Middleton; Shakespeare; and performances history \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Schütz is an Honorary Fellow of Kent Law School, University of Kent. He is co-editor of the book series Encounters in Law and Philosophy (EUP). His current studies focus on right-centred vs. law-centred normative orders \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChantal Schütz is Head of Department of Languages and Cultures at the École Polytechnique, Paris. Her recent work is on early modern broadside ballads; Thomas Middleton; Shakespeare; and performances history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874105987378,"sku":"9781474446686","price":68.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/7KvOGf9-rI9781474446686.webp?v=1769601779","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/legal-artifices-ten-essays-on-roman-law-in-the-present-tense-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}