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Dear all,<br>
<br>
The Helsinki Research on the Ancient World (HelRAW) seminar series
continues with Jakub Urbanik on March 2nd, with his talk "The status
and law between the centre and periphery. On survival of local laws
in the Roman Empire".<br>
<br>
<b>When: </b>2.3.2020, at 17:15-18:45<br>
<b>Where: </b>Lecture hall 11, Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40, 00101
Helsinki)<br>
<b>Event page: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-jakub-urbanik-2.3.2020">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-jakub-urbanik-2.3.2020</a><br>
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Jakub Urbanik (University of Warsaw): <em>The status and law
between the centre and periphery. On survival of local laws in the
Roman Empire</em>
<br>
<br>
<b>Abstract:</b> This paper will address the perennial question of
the relations between the Roman and local laws after the Roman
conquest. My starting point is reading, with Mélèze Modrzejewski, of
a passage from the rhetorical treatise ascribed to Menander of
Laodicea, <em>De divisione generis demonstrativi</em>, which has
been used by some to evidence the final victory of Roman law over
the local orders. Modrzejewski’s view that the local laws surived
under the Roman rule reduced to role of subordinated customs will be
then examined in the light of some instances in which the law of the
Egyptian is evoked as the competent order to decide the pending
cases. Finally, with two passages from the <em>Digest </em>(XIV
2.9 pr. and I 3.34 pr.) I will try reformulating the ideas on how
law was actually applied in Egypt by the Roman authorities.<br>
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The event is a part of an interdisciplinary seminar series titled
Helsinki Research on the Ancient World. This monthly seminar
operates under the aegis of the PapyGreek (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri</a>)
and SpaceLaw (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.spacelaw.fi">www.spacelaw.fi</a>) projects. It is
co-organized by Marja Vierros, Anna-Maria Wilskman, Kaius Tuori and
Samuli Simelius. The seminar is open for all.<br>
<br>
Welcome!
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Heta Björklund
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:heta.bjorklund@helsinki.fi">heta.bjorklund@helsinki.fi</a>
+358504482563
Projektikoordinaattori / Project coordinator
Eurooppalaisen oikeuden, identiteetin ja historian tutkimuksen huippuyksikkö / The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.eurostorie.org">www.eurostorie.org</a>)
Law, Governance and Space: Questioning the Foundations of the Republican Tradition (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.spacelaw.fi">www.spacelaw.fi</a>)
Siltavuorenpenger 1 A, huone / room 323
PL / P.O. Box 9, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki</pre>
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