Laws of the Roman People

"This intellectually powerful and highly original book examines Roman expansion through the lens of public lawmaking, the process of negotiation and debate by which citizen assemblies resolved conflict and expressed consensus. Williamson incisively examines how problems of expansion were managed, and boldly argues that in the end it was expansion itselfthat overwhelmed the problem-solving capacities of public lawmaking and led to the breakdown of the Republic." American Historical Association