TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plessis,Paul J.du
TI  - Cicero's law: rethinking Roman law of the late Republic 
SN  - 9781474408820 
U1  - 340.54 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
KW  - Roman law
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - fast
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - Rome
KW  - 265-30 B.C
KW  - History
KW  - Republic, 265-30 B.C
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
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