Cicero and modern law /

Cicero and modern law / edited by Richard O. Brooks. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009. - lx, 602 p. ; 25 cm. - Philosophers and law . - Philosophers and law. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cicero's life, predecessors and works -- The Roman law and rhetorical practice -- Cicero's works -- Cicero's method of thought -- The collapse of the republic and the death of Cicero -- Cicero's influence on Western civilization -- Cicero and modern political, legal and rhetorical ideals.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Influence.


Constitutional law--Rome.
Law--Roman influences.


Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.

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