Cicero's law :
Cicero's law : rethinking Roman law of the late Republic /
edited by Paul J. du Plessis.
- Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2016
- vi, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Paul J. du Plessis
pt. I On Law
2.A Barzunesque View of Cicero: From Giant to Dwarf and Back / Philip Thomas
3.Reading a Dead Man's Mind: Hellenistic Philosophy, Rhetoric and Roman Law / Jan Willem Tellegen
4.Law's Nature: Philosophy as a Legal Argument in Cicero's Writings / Benedikt Forschner
pt. II On Lawyers
5.Cicero and the Small World of Roman Jurists / Yasmina Benferhat
6.`Jurists in the Shadows': The Everyday Business of the Jurists of Cicero's Time / Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler
7.Cicero's Reception in the Juristic Tradition of the Early Empire / Matthijs Wibier
8.Servius, Cicero and the Res Publica of Justinian / Jill Harries
pt. III On Legal Practice
9.Cicero and the Italians: Expansion of Empire, Creation of Law / Saskia T. Roselaar
10.Jurors, Jurists and Advocates: Law in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and De Inventione / Jennifer Hilder
Contents note continued: 11.Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic / Michael C. Alexander
12.Early-career Prosecutors: Forensic Activity and Senatorial Careers in the Late Republic / Catherine Steel
Postscript / Paul J. du Plessis.
Part I. On law
A Barzunesque view of Cicero : from giant to dwarf and back / Philip Thomas
Reading a dead man's mind : Hellenistic philosophy, rhetoric and Roman law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus and Jan Willem Tellegen
Law's nature : philosophy as a legal argument in Cicero's writings / Benedikt Forschner
Part II. On lawyers
Cicero and the small world of Roman jurists / Yasmina Benferhat
"Jurists in the shadows" : the everyday business of the jurists of Cicero's time / Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler
Cicero's reception in the juristic tradition of the Early Empire / Matthijs Wibier
Servius, Cicero and the Res publica of Justinian / Jill Harries
Part III. On legal practice
Cicero and the Italians : expansion of empire, creation of law / Saskia T. Roselaar
Jurors, jurists and advocates : law in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and De inventione / Jennifer Hilder
Multiple charges, unitary punishment and rhetorical strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic / Michael C. Alexander
Early-career prosecutors : forensic activity and senatorial careers in the Late Republic / Catherine Steel.
9781474408820
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Roman law.
Politics and government.
Roman law--Interpretation and construction.
Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
340.54 / DUP.C
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Paul J. du Plessis
pt. I On Law
2.A Barzunesque View of Cicero: From Giant to Dwarf and Back / Philip Thomas
3.Reading a Dead Man's Mind: Hellenistic Philosophy, Rhetoric and Roman Law / Jan Willem Tellegen
4.Law's Nature: Philosophy as a Legal Argument in Cicero's Writings / Benedikt Forschner
pt. II On Lawyers
5.Cicero and the Small World of Roman Jurists / Yasmina Benferhat
6.`Jurists in the Shadows': The Everyday Business of the Jurists of Cicero's Time / Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler
7.Cicero's Reception in the Juristic Tradition of the Early Empire / Matthijs Wibier
8.Servius, Cicero and the Res Publica of Justinian / Jill Harries
pt. III On Legal Practice
9.Cicero and the Italians: Expansion of Empire, Creation of Law / Saskia T. Roselaar
10.Jurors, Jurists and Advocates: Law in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and De Inventione / Jennifer Hilder
Contents note continued: 11.Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic / Michael C. Alexander
12.Early-career Prosecutors: Forensic Activity and Senatorial Careers in the Late Republic / Catherine Steel
Postscript / Paul J. du Plessis.
Part I. On law
A Barzunesque view of Cicero : from giant to dwarf and back / Philip Thomas
Reading a dead man's mind : Hellenistic philosophy, rhetoric and Roman law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus and Jan Willem Tellegen
Law's nature : philosophy as a legal argument in Cicero's writings / Benedikt Forschner
Part II. On lawyers
Cicero and the small world of Roman jurists / Yasmina Benferhat
"Jurists in the shadows" : the everyday business of the jurists of Cicero's time / Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler
Cicero's reception in the juristic tradition of the Early Empire / Matthijs Wibier
Servius, Cicero and the Res publica of Justinian / Jill Harries
Part III. On legal practice
Cicero and the Italians : expansion of empire, creation of law / Saskia T. Roselaar
Jurors, jurists and advocates : law in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and De inventione / Jennifer Hilder
Multiple charges, unitary punishment and rhetorical strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic / Michael C. Alexander
Early-career prosecutors : forensic activity and senatorial careers in the Late Republic / Catherine Steel.
9781474408820
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Roman law.
Politics and government.
Roman law--Interpretation and construction.
Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
340.54 / DUP.C
