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Contents %% Abbreviations   xiii Introduction Legal Institutions and the Roman Economy   1 Chapter One The New Institutional Economics and Roman Legal Policy   29 Chapter Two The Creation of Rights in the Countryside   53 Chapter Three Roman Legal Policy and Private Farm Tenancy   93 Chapter Four Legal Order in the Rural Economy   131 Chapter Five Late Antique Tax Policy and Incentives for Investment   163 Conclusion   193 Notes   201 Bibliography   235 General Index   253 Index of Ancient Sources   261 ...

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