Jeroen Duindam is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden. His publications include Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals (Cambridge, 2003); Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court (Amsterdam, 1995).Jill Harries is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is the author of books on Law and Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 1999), Cicero and the Jurists (London, 2006), Law and Crime in the Roman World (Cambridge, 2007) and Imperial Rome AD 284-363. The New Empire (Edinburgh, 2012), and articles on late antiquity and Roman legal culture.Caroline Humfress is Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2007), as well as various essays and articles on legal history and religion.Nimrod Hurvitz teaches at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His publications include The Formation of Hanbalism. Piety into Power (London, 2002) and "From Scholarly Circles to Mass Movements: the Formation of Legal Communities in Islamic Societies", The American Historical Review 108/4 (2003).

• Notes on editors and contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I. Legal Authority and Imperial Frameworks1Polly Low, ‘Law, Authority and Legitimacy in the Athenian Empire’2Harries, Jill, ´Roman Law from City State to World Empire´3Karen Gottschang Turner, Laws, Bureaucrats, and Imperial Women in China’s Early Empires4Akarli, Engin: ‘The Ruler and Law Making in the Ottoman Empire’5Härter, Karl, ‘The Early Modern Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1495-1806): a Multi-layered Legal System’. Part II. Institutionalising Empire: Practices of Lawmaking and Adjudication6Hurvitz, Nimrod, ‘The Contribution of Early Islamic Rulers to Adjudication and Legislation: the Case of the Mazalim Tribunals’7Rhijn, Carine van, ‘Charlemagne and the Government of the Frankish Countryside’8Królikowska, Natalia, ´The law factor in Ottoman- Crimean Tatar Relations in the Early Modern Period´9Guy, R. Kent, ‘Qing Imperial Justice? The Case of Li Shiyao’Part III. Legal Pluralism in Empires: Encounters and Responses 10Humfress, Caroline, ‘Thinking through legal pluralism: ‘Forum shopping’ in the Later Roman Empire11Hoppenbrouwers, Peter, ‘Leges Nationum and Ethnic Personality of Law in Charlemagne’s Empire’12Anastasopoulos, Antonios, ‘Non-Muslims and Ottoman Justice(s?)’13Murphy, Neil, ‘Royal Grace, Royal Punishment: Ceremonial Entries and the Pardoning of Criminals in France, c. 1440-1560’ 14 Haar, Barend ter, ‘Divine violence to Uphold Moral Values. The Casebook of an Emperor Guan Temple in Hunan Province in 1851-1852’Index

Jeroen Duindam is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden. His publications include Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals (Cambridge, 2003); Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court (Amsterdam, 1995).Jill Harries is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is the author of books on Law and Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 1999), Cicero and the Jurists (London, 2006), Law and Crime in the Roman World (Cambridge, 2007) and Imperial Rome AD 284-363. The New Empire (Edinburgh, 2012), and articles on late antiquity and Roman legal culture.Caroline Humfress is Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2007), as well as various essays and articles on legal history and religion.Nimrod Hurvitz teaches at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His publications include The Formation of Hanbalism. Piety into Power (London, 2002) and "From Scholarly Circles to Mass Movements: the Formation of Legal Communities in Islamic Societies", The American Historical Review 108/4 (2003).

• Notes on editors and contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I. Legal Authority and Imperial Frameworks1Polly Low, ‘Law, Authority and Legitimacy in the Athenian Empire’2Harries, Jill, ´Roman Law from City State to World Empire´3Karen Gottschang Turner, Laws, Bureaucrats, and Imperial Women in China’s Early Empires4Akarli, Engin: ‘The Ruler and Law Making in the Ottoman Empire’5Härter, Karl, ‘The Early Modern Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1495-1806): a Multi-layered Legal System’. Part II. Institutionalising Empire: Practices of Lawmaking and Adjudication6Hurvitz, Nimrod, ‘The Contribution of Early Islamic Rulers to Adjudication and Legislation: the Case of the Mazalim Tribunals’7Rhijn, Carine van, ‘Charlemagne and the Government of the Frankish Countryside’8Królikowska, Natalia, ´The law factor in Ottoman- Crimean Tatar Relations in the Early Modern Period´9Guy, R. Kent, ‘Qing Imperial Justice? The Case of Li Shiyao’Part III. Legal Pluralism in Empires: Encounters and Responses 10Humfress, Caroline, ‘Thinking through legal pluralism: ‘Forum shopping’ in the Later Roman Empire11Hoppenbrouwers, Peter, ‘Leges Nationum and Ethnic Personality of Law in Charlemagne’s Empire’12Anastasopoulos, Antonios, ‘Non-Muslims and Ottoman Justice(s?)’13Murphy, Neil, ‘Royal Grace, Royal Punishment: Ceremonial Entries and the Pardoning of Criminals in France, c. 1440-1560’ 14 Haar, Barend ter, ‘Divine violence to Uphold Moral Values. The Casebook of an Emperor Guan Temple in Hunan Province in 1851-1852’Index

Jeroen Duindam is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden. His publications include Vienna and Versailles. The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals (Cambridge, 2003); Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court (Amsterdam, 1995).Jill Harries is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She is the author of books on Law and Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 1999), Cicero and the Jurists (London, 2006), Law and Crime in the Roman World (Cambridge, 2007) and Imperial Rome AD 284-363. The New Empire (Edinburgh, 2012), and articles on late antiquity and Roman legal culture.Caroline Humfress is Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2007), as well as various essays and articles on legal history and religion.Nimrod Hurvitz teaches at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His publications include The Formation of Hanbalism. Piety into Power (London, 2002) and "From Scholarly Circles to Mass Movements: the Formation of Legal Communities in Islamic Societies", The American Historical Review 108/4 (2003).

• Notes on editors and contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I. Legal Authority and Imperial Frameworks1Polly Low, ‘Law, Authority and Legitimacy in the Athenian Empire’2Harries, Jill, ´Roman Law from City State to World Empire´3Karen Gottschang Turner, Laws, Bureaucrats, and Imperial Women in China’s Early Empires4Akarli, Engin: ‘The Ruler and Law Making in the Ottoman Empire’5Härter, Karl, ‘The Early Modern Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1495-1806): a Multi-layered Legal System’. Part II. Institutionalising Empire: Practices of Lawmaking and Adjudication6Hurvitz, Nimrod, ‘The Contribution of Early Islamic Rulers to Adjudication and Legislation: the Case of the Mazalim Tribunals’7Rhijn, Carine van, ‘Charlemagne and the Government of the Frankish Countryside’8Królikowska, Natalia, ´The law factor in Ottoman- Crimean Tatar Relations in the Early Modern Period´9Guy, R. Kent, ‘Qing Imperial Justice? The Case of Li Shiyao’Part III. Legal Pluralism in Empires: Encounters and Responses 10Humfress, Caroline, ‘Thinking through legal pluralism: ‘Forum shopping’ in the Later Roman Empire11Hoppenbrouwers, Peter, ‘Leges Nationum and Ethnic Personality of Law in Charlemagne’s Empire’12Anastasopoulos, Antonios, ‘Non-Muslims and Ottoman Justice(s?)’13Murphy, Neil, ‘Royal Grace, Royal Punishment: Ceremonial Entries and the Pardoning of Criminals in France, c. 1440-1560’ 14 Haar, Barend ter, ‘Divine violence to Uphold Moral Values. The Casebook of an Emperor Guan Temple in Hunan Province in 1851-1852’Index