Cicero's law : rethinking Roman law of the late Republic
Roman law Politics and government Cicero, Marcus Tullius Rome History
Edinburgh University Press
2016
EISBN 9781474408837
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.
"In his 1995 book 'The spirit of Roman law, ' Alan Watson included a chapter ... titled 'Cicero the outsider.' Watson's argument, following the then dominant Romanist view, was that Cicero's outlook was significantly different from that of the Roman jurists. While Watson's cautious observation has merit in the context of his argument, its subtext is more problematic. It is the purpose of this volume to critique the pervasive view in Roman-law literature that minimises the significance of Cicero in the narrative of Roman law of the late Republic. This reappraisal of the significance of Cicero reflects current thinking in Roman law and forms part of a larger and more complex debate concerning the nature of law and of the legal profession in the last century of the Roman Republic."--
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.
"In his 1995 book 'The spirit of Roman law, ' Alan Watson included a chapter ... titled 'Cicero the outsider.' Watson's argument, following the then dominant Romanist view, was that Cicero's outlook was significantly different from that of the Roman jurists. While Watson's cautious observation has merit in the context of his argument, its subtext is more problematic. It is the purpose of this volume to critique the pervasive view in Roman-law literature that minimises the significance of Cicero in the narrative of Roman law of the late Republic. This reappraisal of the significance of Cicero reflects current thinking in Roman law and forms part of a larger and more complex debate concerning the nature of law and of the legal profession in the last century of the Roman Republic."--
