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Preface
Thisvolume,whoseoriginalideawasconceivedin2007,isthecrowningof
manyyearsofmystudiesofLaterRomandiocesanadministrationand,as
partofitsframework-thevicarsofdioceseandtheirjudicature.Itoffers
acriticalreviewofcontemporaryviewsanddiscussionsconcerningthebe-
ginningsofdiocesanorganizationattheturnofthefourthcentury,addresses
theevolutionofthejudiciaryofvicarsandthedeclineoftheirimportance,from
thelatefourthcenturytotheirfinalliquidationunderJustinianI(527-565).
ThestudyalsobrieflypresentssubsequentfatesofLaterRomanadministra-
tionatsupra-provinciallevelduringthereignofthatemperor.Thework
certainlygoesbeyondasynthetic,historical-legalstudy,elaboratingonthemes
relatingtolegaliconography,epigraphyandprosopography.Theanalyses
aresupplementedwithobservationsoriginatingfromothersocialsciences,
suchassociologyandevolutionarypsychology.Theywereappliedinparticu-
lartoaccountforthecausesoftransformationsofthejudiciaryofvicarsand
disappearanceofthatoffice.Idohopethatthankstotheinterdisciplinary
natureofapartoftheanalysesandconclusions,theworkwillproveinter-
estingnotonlytolegalhistoriansandhistoriansassuch,butalsorepresenta-
tivesofcontemporaryjurisprudenceandothersocialsciences.Thisvolume
isarevisedandamendedversionofastudywhichwaspublishedinPolish
in2012,takingintoconsiderationthecommentstothatedition.*
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Thebookwouldnothavebeenwrittenwithoutthekindassistanceof
manypeople.Firstandforemost,IwouldliketothankProfessorJan
Zabłocki,headoftheDepartmentofRomanLawattheFacultyifLawand
Administration,CardinalStefanWyszyńskiUniversityinWarsaw.Hisvery
insightfulreviewofthePolisheditionandvaluabledetailedremarkshelped
metoavoidmanyerrorsanddeviseamorelucidstructureofthework.
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*J.Wiewiorowski,S!downictwoźnorzymskichwikariuszydiecezji,Poznań2012.AdamMic-
kiewiczUniversityPress.SeriaPrawo178.Pp.381+plates.ISBN978-83-232-2496-9.ISSN
0083-4262.
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