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Abbreviations xiii Introduction Legal Institutions and the Roman Economy 1 Chapter One The New Institutional Economics and Roman Legal Policy 29 C h a p t e r T wo The Creation of Rights in the Countryside 53 Chapter Three Roman Legal Policy and Private Farm Tenancy 93 Chapter Four Legal Order in the Rural Economy 131 Chapter Five Late Antique Tax Policy and Incentives for Investment 163 Conclusion 193 Notes 201 Bibliography 235 General Index 253 Index of Ancient Sources 261