Clifford Ando (born 1969) is an American classicist who specializes in

Roman law Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (), to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law also den ...

and

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

. His work deals primarily with law, religion, and government in the Imperial era, particularly issues of Roman citizenship, legal pluralism, and legal procedure. In the history of law, his work addresses the relations among civil law,

public law Public law is the part of law that governs relations and affairs between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that ...

, and

international law International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall ...

. Ando is a professor in the Department of Classics, History and Law and in the College at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

. He is a research fellow in the Department of Classics and World Languages at the University of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, and the recipient of several fellowships, grants, and prizes. He has held fellowship and visiting professorships in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

, and South Africa. He earned his bachelor's degree from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1990, and his doctorate from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

in 1996. In 2008, he was among faculty members who questioned the establishment of the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago.Letter from Faculty.

Major works

* ''Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire'' (2000), winner of the 2003 Goodwin Award from the American Philological Association * Editor, ''Roman Religion'' (2003) * Co-editor with Jörg Rüpke, ''Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome'' (2006) * ''The Matter of the Gods'' (2008) * ''Law, Language and Empire in the Roman Tradition'' (2011) * ''Le Droit et l'Empire. Invention juridique et réalités politiques à Rome'' (2012) * ''Imperial Rome: The Critical Century (A.D. 193–284)'' (2012) * ''Religion et gouvernement dans l'Empire romain'' (2012) Ando has also published numerous articles, essays, and reviews.

References

External links

* Clifford Ando
"History and Science, History as Science: Simplification, Modeling and Humility"
''Chicago Journal of History'', Spring 2017 * Bryn Mawr Classical Review, reviews of

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' American historians of religion American classical scholars American legal historians 1969 births Living people University of Michigan alumni Princeton University alumni Classical scholars of the University of Chicago Historians of ancient Rome 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub