Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt
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Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt

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Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt

About this book

This book examines the activities of a broad array of police officers in Ptolemaic Egypt (323–30 BC) and argues that Ptolemaic police officials enjoyed great autonomy, providing assistance to even the lowest levels of society when crimes were committed. Throughout the nearly 300 years of Ptolemaic rule, victims of crime in all areas of the Egyptian countryside called on local police officials to investigate crimes; hold trials; and arrest, question and sometimes even imprison wrongdoers. Drawing on a large body of textual evidence for the cultural, social and economic interactions between state and citizen, John Bauschatz demonstrates that the police system was efficient, effective, and largely independent of central government controls. No other law enforcement organization exhibiting such a degree of autonomy and flexibility appears in extant evidence from the rest of the Greco-Roman world.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781107037137
eBook ISBN
9781107439856
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. 1 Introduction: The Place of Police
  9. 2 The Officer Corps I: The Phylakitai
  10. 3 The Officer Corps II: Civil and Military Police
  11. 4 Agents of Appeal: Petitions and Responses
  12. 5 Busting and Booking: Arrest, Investigation, Detention, Resolution
  13. 6 The Strong Arm of the Law: Security and Muscle
  14. 7 Conclusion
  15. Glossary
  16. Works Cited
  17. Index of Greek and Demotic Sources
  18. Index of Documents Translated
  19. Select Index of Greek Terms
  20. General Index