Edited volumes by Georgy Kantor
In this volume, ownership is defined as the simple fact of being able to describe something as 'm... more In this volume, ownership is defined as the simple fact of being able to describe something as 'mine' or 'yours', and property is distinguished as the discursive field which allows the articulation of attendant rights, relationships, and obligations. Property is often articulated through legalism as a way of thinking that appeals to rules and to generalizing concepts as a way of understanding, responding to, and managing the world around one. An Aristotelian perspective suggests that ownership is the natural state of things and a prerequisite of a true sense of self. An alternative perspective from legal theory puts law at the heart of the origins of property. However, both these points of view are problematic in a wider context, the latter because it rests heavily on Roman law. Anthropological and historical studies enable us to interrogate these assumptions.
The articles here, ranging from Roman provinces to modern-day piracy in Somalia, address questions such as: How are legal property regimes intertwined with economic, moral-ethical, and political prerogatives? How far do the assumptions of the western philosophical tradition explain property and ownership in other societies? Is the 'bundle of rights' a useful way to think about property? How does legalism negotiate property relationships and interests between communities and individuals? How does the legalism of property respond to the temporalities and materialities of the objects owned? How are property regimes managed by states, and what kinds of conflicts are thus generated?
Property and ownership cannot be reduced to natural rights, nor do they straightforwardly reflect power relations: the rules through which property is articulated tend to be conceptually subtle. As the fourth volume in the Legalism series, this collection draws on common themes that run throughout the first three volumes: Legalism: Anthropology and History, Legalism: Community and Justice, and Legalism: Rules and Categories consolidating them in a framework that suggests a new approach to legal concepts.
Papers by Georgy Kantor
Violence, Justice, and Law in Classical Antiquity: Collected Papers of Andrew Lintott, 2023
An appreciation of Andrew Lintott's contribution to Roman legal history, for the volume of his co... more An appreciation of Andrew Lintott's contribution to Roman legal history, for the volume of his collected articles.
M. Lavan and C. Ando (eds.), Roman and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE, 2021
This chapter explores the legal dimension of the local citizenships of Greek poleis in the ‘long ... more This chapter explores the legal dimension of the local citizenships of Greek poleis in the ‘long second century’. After discussion of methodological issues, it offers a detailed case-study of Parthicopolis in Macedonia which provides our most detailed evidence for the role of citizenship in a non-privileged civic community (especially interesting as it was a new foundation in this period). This is followed by discussion of citizenships in privileged ‘free’ cities, with particular attention to our best attested case of Aphrodisias in Caria and to the role of multiple citizenships. The final section explores evidence for local substantive law in this period and the extent to which it was connected to civic status; significant evidence of the recently published decree of Tralles on public morals shows the competing principle of territoriality at work. The citizenship principle in jurisdiction and application of substantive rules remained strong in Greek cities in this period but existed in constant competition and negotiation with the claims of the territorial principle. The tension between the two is best understood in terms of what legal anthropologist Lauren Benton has termed ‘jurisdictional politics’.
K. Harter-Uibopuu and W. Rieß (eds.), Symposion 2019: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte, 2021
N. Grotkamp and A. Seelentag (eds.), Konfliktlösung in der Antike, 2021
Dieses Kapitel befasst sich mit Rechtsprechung und Justiznutzung in den römischen Provinzen (d. h... more Dieses Kapitel befasst sich mit Rechtsprechung und Justiznutzung in den römischen Provinzen (d. h. nach dem in der späten Republik entwickelten Gebrauch des Begriffs: den Gebieten unter römischer Herrschaft außerhalb Italiens) in der Zeit von der Entstehung des mediterranen römischen Imperiums in der mittleren Republik bis zur Neuordnung der Provinzialverwaltung unter Diokletian und Konstantin. Ein sauberes Abschneiden ist hier nicht leicht, da viele unserer Zeugnisse für die früheren Zeitabschnitte natürlich aus den spätantiken Kodifizierungen Justinians 529–534 n. Chr. und, in geringerem Maße, der von Theodosius II. im Jahr 438 n. Chr. stammen. Es wurde jedoch vermieden, die Entwicklungen nach der Tetrarchie für sich genommen zu besprechen.
G. Frija (ed.), Être citoyen romain dans le monde grec au IIe siècle p.C. , 2020
Vestnik drevnej istorii, 2020
Obituary of Fergus Millar for the Vestnik drevnej istorii.
K. Czajkowski, B. Eckhardt and M. Strothmann (eds.), Law in the Roman Provinces, 2020
The chapter starts from the questions raised by a well-known (but underexplored from this angle) ... more The chapter starts from the questions raised by a well-known (but underexplored from this angle) source for Roman governmental practice in provinces, the correspondence of Pliny the Younger as governor of Pontus-Bithynia in ca. AD 109–111 with the emperor Trajan, and attempts to integrate it with evidence from the legal and documentary sources on peculiarities of Bithynian law in the High Imperial period. Behind the deceptively straightforward presentation of legal issues in Pliny’s letters to the emperor there can be discovered a much more complex interaction between the interests of individuals, communities, their legal representatives and the governor himself. A particular attention is paid to the continuing role of the lex Pompeia, an uncharacteristically extensive set of Roman regulations for the province, going back to its early years.
Istoricheskij vestnik, 2019
Personal reminiscences of my Moscow tutor, a historian of Roman provincial government, Alexander ... more Personal reminiscences of my Moscow tutor, a historian of Roman provincial government, Alexander L. Smyshliaev, contributed to the memorial section of the Istoricheskij vestnik alongside the obituary by Oleg Aurov and Alexander Marey, and reminiscences by Alexey Vigasin.
G. Kantor, T. Lambert and H. Skoda (eds.), Legalism: Property and Ownership, 2017
Beginning with theories of absolute property, this introduction considers the merits of a more co... more Beginning with theories of absolute property, this introduction considers the merits of a more composite view, namely the ‘bundle of rights’ concept. Anthropologists discuss the relationships between people at the heart of property regimes, but personhood must also be seen as embedded in the things owned. The ideas of rules and control are key, and the concept of control at a distance provides useful conceptual purchase. Property is a complex idea to articulate, and natural law, religious and political frameworks of property are interwoven. Moreover, property is shaped by economic prerogatives, and its management shapes the relationship between the individual and the community, and the preservation of common resources. Property is, then, thoroughly embedded in social contexts, which in turn can render property highly unstable and contingent. It is precisely because of these kinds of tensions that legalism is so often invoked in order to manage and even create property relations.
G. Kantor, T. Lambert and H. Skoda (eds.), Legalism: Property and Ownership, 2017
Roman concept of dominium has been fundamental in the formation of concepts of ownership in Europ... more Roman concept of dominium has been fundamental in the formation of concepts of ownership in European legal tradition. It is, however, often considered outside the context of Roman imperial rule and of the multiplicity of legal regimes governing property relations in Roman provinces outside Italy. This chapter starts from the classic passage in the Institutes of Gaius, claiming that the right of dominium did not exist in provincial land, where it belonged to the Roman state. Gaius’ statement is often dismissed in modern historical scholarship as a ‘conveyancer’s fantasy’ (A.H.M. Jones). It is argued here that, on the contrary, this passage and other similar statements in Roman juristic literature and technical literature on land-measurement, show an important facet of Roman ideas of ownership as a socially contingent right, dependent on civic status of the owner, status of the territory within the empire, and Roman recognition of local property regimes.
Istoricheskij vestnik, 2017
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2017
Vestnik drevnej istorii, 2017
Congratulatory editorial from the Vestnik drevnej istorii
Epigraphica Anatolica, 2016
Dieser Aufsatz plädiert für eine engere Datierung der kaiserzeitlichen Inschriften der fremden Ri... more Dieser Aufsatz plädiert für eine engere Datierung der kaiserzeitlichen Inschriften der fremden Richter aus dem Heiligtum des Zeus Osogo in Mylasa (I.Mylasa I 361–376; SEG LI 1526; LIV 1103). Als Hauptargumente werden die Erwähnungen (oder das Fehlen) des Metropolen Status von Xanthos und Tlos, als auch die relative Position der Inschriften auf den Säulen, angeführt. Die Inschriften müssen daher in den Zeitraum zwischen den 90er Jahren n. Chr. und den Nachwirkungen des Hadrianbesuchs in Lykien im Jahr 129 oder 131 n. Chr. fallen.
C. Ando (ed.), Citizenship and Empire in Europe 200-1900: The Antonine Constitution after 1800 years , 2016
E. Harris and M. Canevaro (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Law
This chapter deals with the impact of Roman legal institutions and political realities of Roman d... more This chapter deals with the impact of Roman legal institutions and political realities of Roman dominance on legal institutions in the Greek world, and with developments of Greek law within the imperial framework from the fall of Corinth to its last traces in late imperial legislation. It addresses in particular the specific characteristics of sources for Greek law in the Roman period, conflicts of jurisdiction between Greek poleis and imperial authorities, the law of personal status in the new imperial context and new developments in the law of property and obligation. The concluding sections deals with the demise of Greek law in late antiquity and its afterlife in late imperial legislation.
Tyche: Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2014
J. Dubouloz, S. Pittia and G. Sabatini (eds.), L'Imperium Romanum en perspective: Les savoirs d'empire dans la République romaine et leur héritage dans l’Europe médiévale et moderne, 2014
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2014
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Edited volumes by Georgy Kantor
The articles here, ranging from Roman provinces to modern-day piracy in Somalia, address questions such as: How are legal property regimes intertwined with economic, moral-ethical, and political prerogatives? How far do the assumptions of the western philosophical tradition explain property and ownership in other societies? Is the 'bundle of rights' a useful way to think about property? How does legalism negotiate property relationships and interests between communities and individuals? How does the legalism of property respond to the temporalities and materialities of the objects owned? How are property regimes managed by states, and what kinds of conflicts are thus generated?
Property and ownership cannot be reduced to natural rights, nor do they straightforwardly reflect power relations: the rules through which property is articulated tend to be conceptually subtle. As the fourth volume in the Legalism series, this collection draws on common themes that run throughout the first three volumes: Legalism: Anthropology and History, Legalism: Community and Justice, and Legalism: Rules and Categories consolidating them in a framework that suggests a new approach to legal concepts.
Papers by Georgy Kantor
The articles here, ranging from Roman provinces to modern-day piracy in Somalia, address questions such as: How are legal property regimes intertwined with economic, moral-ethical, and political prerogatives? How far do the assumptions of the western philosophical tradition explain property and ownership in other societies? Is the 'bundle of rights' a useful way to think about property? How does legalism negotiate property relationships and interests between communities and individuals? How does the legalism of property respond to the temporalities and materialities of the objects owned? How are property regimes managed by states, and what kinds of conflicts are thus generated?
Property and ownership cannot be reduced to natural rights, nor do they straightforwardly reflect power relations: the rules through which property is articulated tend to be conceptually subtle. As the fourth volume in the Legalism series, this collection draws on common themes that run throughout the first three volumes: Legalism: Anthropology and History, Legalism: Community and Justice, and Legalism: Rules and Categories consolidating them in a framework that suggests a new approach to legal concepts.