Law and transaction costs in the ancient economy / Dennis Kehoe, David M. Ratzan, and Uri Yiftach, editors.
Legal Documents in Ancient Societies (Conference) (2nd : 2009 : Washington, D.C.); Kehoe, Dennis P. editor.; Ratzan, David M. editor.; Yiftach-Firanko, Uri editor.; Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), host institution.; New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, sponsor.
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Title
Law and transaction costs in the ancient economy / Dennis Kehoe, David M. Ratzan, and Uri Yiftach, editors.
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Call Number
KL8022.5 .L44 2009
ISBN
9780472119608 hardcover alkaline paper
0472119605 hardcover alkaline paper
0472119605 hardcover alkaline paper
Description
vi, 300 pages ; 24 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40025541453
System Control No.
(OCoLC)953518591
Note
"The papers in this collection are the product of a conference titled "Transaction Costs in the Ancient World" organized by David Ratzan and Uri Yiftach. The conference was held on 27-29 July 2009 at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University in Washington, DC, with the financial support of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) of New York University. This conference was one in a series of colloquia held since 2008 by the research group Legal Documents in Ancient Societies (LDAS)." -- Acknowledgments.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Abbreviations
ix
Introduction: Transaction Costs, Ancient History, and the Law / Uri Yiftach
1
ch. 1
Transaction Costs in Athenian Law / Gerhard Thur
36
ch. 2
Access, Fairness, and Transaction Costs: Nikophon's Law on Silver Coinage (Athens, 375/4 B.C.E.) / Josiah Ober
51
ch. 3
Transaction Costs and Institutional Change in Egypt, ca. 1070--525 B.C.E. / Brian Muhs
80
ch. 4
Ptolemaic Governance and Transaction Costs / J. G. Manning
99
ch. 5
Cost of Getting Money in Early Ptolemaic Egypt: The Case of P.Cair.Zen. 1 59021 (258 B.C.E.) / Alain Bresson
118
ch. 6
Grammatikon: Some Considerations on the Feeing Policies of Legal Documents in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods / Uri Yiftach
145
ch. 7
βιβλιoθnκη eγκτnσεωvand Transaction Costs in the Credit Market of Roman Egypt (30 B.C.E.--ca. 170 C.E.) / F. Lerouxel
162
ch. 8
Transaction Costs and Contract in Roman Egypt: A Case Study in Negotiating the Right of Repossession / David M. Ratzan
185
ch. 9
Contracts, Agency, and Transaction Costs in the Roman Economy / Dennis Kehoe
231
ch. 10
From Free to Fee? Judicial Fees and Other Litigation Costs during the High Empire and Late Antiquity / R. Haensch
253
ch. 11
Economic Perspective: Demand and Supply in the Reduction of Transaction Costs in the Ancient World / Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
273
Contributors
293
Index
295