A Casebook on Roman Family Law
- ISBN-10
- 0195161858
- ISBN-13
- 9780195161854
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 506
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- Bruce W. Frier, Thomas A. McGinn
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