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Law as Redemption: A Historical Comparison of the Ways Marginalized People Use Courts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Dylan C. Penningroth
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Abstract

This essay reflects on how Bryen's Violence in Roman Egypt (2013), a study of second‐century Roman Egypt, contributes to the study of law and on how legal culture in ancient Egypt relates to law and legal cultures in other times and places. From the perspective of social history, this essay focuses on the connections between the victims of violence who seek redress in local courts in Egypt and more contemporary work on the legacy of slavery in colonial Ghana and the United States. This comparison reveals how law becomes a vehicle for the marginalized to repair and reconstruct their personhood.

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Review Essay
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , Summer 2015 , pp. 793 - 796
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2015 

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