Hadrian's Perpetual Edict: Ancient Sources and Modern Ideals in the Making of a Historical Tradition.

This article examines the historical afterlife of the Perpetual Edict commissioned by the Roman emperor Hadrian during the second century AD. Accounts of the institution by Roman jurists and historians are inconsistent, which has led legal historians to adopt positions of remarkable variation. The r...

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Published in:	Journal of Legal History Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 219 - 238
Main Author:	Tuori, Kaius
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2006
Subjects:	Roman law > History Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 Historical source material Codification of law Second century, A.D. Romans
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost