The justice of Constantine [electronic resource] : law, communication, and control / John Noël Dillon.
Dillon, John Noël.
2012
KJA395 .D2012eb
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Title The justice of Constantine [electronic resource] : law, communication, and control / John Noël Dillon.
Author Dillon, John Noël.
ISBN 9780472028382 (electronic bk.)
0472028383 (electronic bk.)
0472118293
9780472118298
Publication Details Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (295 p.)
Call Number KJA395 .D2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 340.5/4
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
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Series Law and society in the ancient world
Available in Other Form Justice of Constantine.
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The sources and the Codex Theodosianus
Formal characteristics of the legislation of Constantine
Changes in legislation from Diocletian to Constantine
The propagation of justice
Constantine and the provincials
Constantine and the imperial bureaucracy
Control and consultation : breves, relationes, consultationes
Appellatio.

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