Prof. Jill Harries
Research Interests
Later Roman empire, History of Roman Gaul. History of Christianity, History of Women in Antiquity, Roman legal culture and society.
Current research projects
Vol. 7 of the Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome on the period from Diocletian to Julian (284-363).
I will then work up my ideas on Roman law and legal culture in I (under contract to Wiley-Blackwell) and, in more detail in a longer book, provisionally entitled Lawyers and Antiquity in Early Imperial Rome
Publications
Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: The New Empire
Harries, J. D.
Mar-2012
Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press
.
366 p.
(Edinburgh HIstory of Ancient Rome).
Research output
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Book/Report
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Book
Law and Crime in the Roman World
Harries, J. D.
2007
Cambridge University Press
.
148 p.
Research output
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Book/Report
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Book
Cicero and the Jurists: from Citizens' Law to the Lawful State
Harries, J. D.
2006
Duckworth
.
256 p.
Research output
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Book/Report
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Book
Modus Operandi: Essays in Honour of Professor G. E. Rickman
Smith, C. J.
, Austin, M. M. &
Harries, J. D.
1998
BICS
.
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Book/Report
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Book
Law and Empire in Late Antiquity
Harries, J. D.
1998
Cambridge University Press
.
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Book/Report
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Book
Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome
Harries, J. D.
1994
Oxford University Press
.
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Book/Report
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Book
'The Senatus Consultum Silanianum; court decisions and judicial severity in the early Roman Empire.'
Harries, J. D.
2013
In:
New Frontiers: Law and Society in the Roman world.
du Plessis, P. (ed.). Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press
,
p. 51-72.
21 p.
Research output
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Julian as author: letters and legislation
Harries, J. D.
2012
In:
Julian the Apostate: the emperor as author.
Baker-Brian, N. & Tougher, S. (eds.).
Classical Press of Wales
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
'Roman Law and Legal Culture'
Harries, J. D.
2012
In:
Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity.
Johnson, S. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
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Chapter
'Courts and the Judicial System'
Harries, J. D.
2010
In:
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine.
Hezser, C. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
,
p. 85-101.
Research output
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
'Roman Law
Harries, J. D.
2010
In:
Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies.
Scheidel, W. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
,
p. 637-650.
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Chapter
'Constantine the lawgiver'
Harries, J. D.
2010
In:
From the Tetrarchy to the Theodosians. Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE..
Sogno, C., McGill, S. & Watts, E. (eds.).
Cambridge University Press
,
p. 73-92.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
'The impact of Christianity on religious law' and 'The Roman Jurists'
Harries, J. D.
2009
In:
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History.
Lewis, A. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
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Chapter
'Contextualising Torture. Rules and conventions in the Roman Digest'
Harries, J. D.
2009
In:
War, Torture and Terrorism. Rethinking the Rules of International Security.
Lang, A. (ed.).
Routledge
,
p. 39-53.
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'Tertullianus and son?'
Harries, J. D.
2009
In:
A Wandering Galilaean: Essays in honour of Sean Freyne.
Rogers, Z., Daly-Denton, M. & McKinley, A. F. (eds.).
Brill
,
p. 385-400.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Roman Law Codes and the Roman Legal Tradition
Harries, J. D.
2007
In:
Beyond Dogmatics: Law and Society in the Roman World.
Cairns, J. & du Plessis, P. (eds.).
Edinburgh University Press
,
p. 85-104.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Violence, Victims and the Legal Tradition in Late Antiquity
Harries, J. D.
2006
In:
Violence in Late Antiquity. Perceptions and Practice.
Drake, H. (ed.).
Ashgate
,
p. 85-102.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Cicero and the Law
Harries, J. D.
2004
In:
Cicero the Advocate.
Paterson, J. & Powell, J. (eds.).
Oxford University Press
,
p. 147-163.
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Chapter
Favor populi: pagans, Christians and public entertainment in late Antique Italy
Harries, J. D.
2003
In:
Bread and Circuses: Euergetism and Municipal Patronage in Roman Italy.
Lomas, K. & Cornell, T. (eds.).
Routledge
,
p. 125-141.
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Other contribution
Creating Legal Space: Settling Disputes in the Roman Empire
Harries, J. D.
2003
In:
Rabbinic Law in its Roman and Near Eastern Context.
Hezser, C. (ed.).
Mohr Siebeck
,
p. 63-81.
Research output
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Cicero and the Defining of the
Ius Civile
Harries, J. D.
2002
In:
Philosophy and Power in the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in Honour of Miriam Griffin.
Clark, G. & Rajak, T. (eds.).
Oxford University Press
,
p. 51-68.
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Other contribution
Resolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity
Harries, J. D.
2001
In:
Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity.
Mathisen, R. E. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
,
p. 68-82.
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Chapter
Legal culture and identity in the fifth-century west
Harries, J. D.
2000
In:
Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity.
Mitchell, S. & Greatrex, G. (eds.).
Duckworth
,
p. 45-57.
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Other contribution
Armies, emperors and bureaucrats
Harries, J. D.
2000
In:
The Early Christian World.
Esler, P. F. (ed.).
Routledge
,
Vol. 1
,
p. 26-52.
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Chapter
Sidonius
Harries, J. D.
1999
In:
Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World.
Bowersock, G. W., Brown, P. & Grabar, O. (eds.).
Harvard University Press
,
p. 694-695.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Constructing the judge: judicial accountability and the culture of criticism in late antiquity
Harries, J. D.
1999
In:
Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity (Routledge).
Miles, R. (ed.).
p. 214-233.
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The Cube and the Square; masculinity and male social roles in Roman Boeotia
Harries, J. D.
1998
In:
When Men were Men: Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity.
Foxhall, L. & Salmon, J. (eds.).
Routledge
,
p. 184-194.
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How to Make a Law Code
Harries, J. D.
1998
In:
Modus Operandi Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Rickman, vol 71.
Austin, M. M., Harries, J. D. & Smith, C. J. (eds.).
BICS
,
p. 63-78.
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Superfluous Verbiage?: Rhetoric and Law and the Age of Constantine and Julian
Harries, J. D.
2011
In :
Journal of Early Christian Studies
.
19
,
3
,
p. 345-374.
30 p.
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Cicero and societas.
Harries, J. D.
2010
In :
Annaeus
.
p. 151-160.
10 p.
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Contribution to journal
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Article
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Research students
A number of doctoral theses successfully completed over the years, especially on aspects of Late Antique religious experience; for example, the Church in Northern Italy; and John Cassian. Several former doctoral students are now in academic jobs in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the USA.
Current doctoral students are researching on constitutionalism in the Late Roman Republic; the reception of Cicero in the US; and Aulus Gellius.
Teaching
All periods of Greek and Roman History at all levels.
Honours modules on Late Antiquity, Crime and Roman Society, Women in Ancient Society.
Academic career
Educated at Somerville College, Oxford (1969-73 and 1974-76), First Class Honours in Classics (Literae Humaniores) in Honour mods (1971) and Finals (1973). D.Phil. (1981). Lecturer in Ancient History at St Andrews (1976), appointed Professor (1997). Kennedy Scholar at Harvard (1973-74); Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford (1996-97) and Bird Fellow at Emory, USA (2003). Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1986).
