@article{452977,
      recid = {452977},
      author = {Dillon, John Noël.},
      title = {The justice of Constantine law, communication, and control  / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {University of Michigan Press,},
      address = {Ann Arbor :},
      pages = {1 online resource (295 p.)},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {As the first Christian emperor of Rome, Constantine the  Great has long interested those studying the establishment  of Christianity. But Constantine is also notable for his  ability to control a sprawling empire and effect major  changes. The Justice of Constantine examines Constantine's  judicial and administrative legislation and his efforts to  maintain control over the imperial bureaucracy, to  guarantee the working of Roman justice, and to keep the  will of his subjects throughout the Roman Empire. John  Dillon first analyzes the record of Constantine's  legislation and its relationship to prior legislation. His  initial chapters also serve as an introduction to Roman law  and administration in later antiquity. Dillon then  considers Constantine's public edicts and internal  communications about access to law, trials and procedure,  corruption, and punishment for administrative abuses. How  imperial officials relied on correspondence with  Constantine to resolve legal questions is also considered.  A study of Constantine's expedited appellate system, to  ensure provincial justice, concludes the book.  Constantine's constitutions reveal much about the  Theodosian Code and the laws included in it. Constantine  consistently seeks direct sources of reliable information  in order to enforce his will. In official correspondence,  meanwhile, Constantine strives to maintain control over his  officials through punishment; trusted agents; and the  cultivation of accountability, rivalry, and suspicion among  them.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/452977},
}