Droit imprial et traditions locales dans l'gypte romaine

In the first centuries after the Roman occupation of Egypt the local laws and traditions of the Greek-speaking population were brought face to face with the demands and structures of the legal system of the Empire. The articles in this volume examine how the two interacted, and are based upon extensive research into the Greek papyri. The opening studies show how the Greek lite was accommodated by the conquerors and investigate the persistence of a number of local practices. In the second part, which centres upon the figure of the noted jurist Ulpian, Professor Mlze-Modrzejewski looks at the impact of the Roman Empire, while the final articles attempt to explain how the legal traditions of the Hellenised East survived the general extension of Roman citizenship by Caracalla in 212 AD. Durant les premiers sicles qui ont suivi loccupation romaine de lEgypte, les lois et les traditions locales de la population hellnophone furent confronts aux exigences et aux structures du systme lgal de lempire. Les articles contenus dans ce volume en examinent linternaction et sont bass de faon extensive sur le tmoinage des papyrus grecs. Les premiers tudes montrent comment les conqurants furent conciliants vis- -vis de llite grecque et examinent la persistance dun certain nombre de pratiques provinciales. Dans la deuxime partie, qui est centre sur lillustre juriste Ulpien, le professeur Mlze-Modrzejewski jette un regard sur limpact de lempire romain. Les dernires tudes tentent dexpliquer de quelle faon les traditions juridiques de lOrient hellenise ont sevcu lextension gnrale de la citoyennet romaine par Caracalla en 212 de notre re.