Cicero's Law: Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic

Paul J. du Plessis

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Cicero's Law

Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic

Paul J. du Plessis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474408837

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About this book

A fundamental re-assessment of Cicero’s place in Roman law

This volume brings together an international team of scholars to debate Cicero's role in the narrative of Roman law in the late Republic – a role that has been minimised or overlooked in previous scholarship. This reflects current research that opens a larger and more complex debate about the nature of law and of the legal profession in the last century of the Roman Republic.

Contributors

Benedikt Forschner • Catherine Steel • Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler • Jan Willem Tellegen • Jennifer Hilder • Jill Harries • Matthijs Wibier • Michael C. Alexander • Olga Tellegen-Couperus • Philip Thomas • Saskia T. Roselaar • Yasmina Benferhat

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
A Note on Translations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Paul J. Du Plessis Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I On Law
2. A Barzunesque View of Cicero: From Giant to Dwarf and Back Philip Thomas Open Access Download PDF	11
3. Reading a Dead Man’s Mind: Hellenistic Philosophy, Rhetoric and Roman Law Olga Tellegen-Couperus and Jan Willem Tellegen Open Access Download PDF	26
4. Law’s Nature: Philosophy as a Legal Argument in Cicero’s Writings Benedikt Forschner Open Access Download PDF	50
Part II On Lawyers
5. Cicero and the Small World of Roman Jurists Yasmina Benferhat Open Access Download PDF	71
6. ‘Jurists in the Shadows’: The Everyday Business of the Jurists of Cicero’s Time Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler Open Access Download PDF	88
7. Cicero’s Reception in the Juristic Tradition of the Early Empire Matthijs Wibier Open Access Download PDF	100
8. Servius, Cicero and the Res Publica of Justinian Jill Harries Open Access Download PDF	123
Part III On Legal Practice
9. Cicero and the Italians: Expansion of Empire, Creation of Law Saskia T. Roselaar Open Access Download PDF	145
10. Jurors, Jurists and Advocates: Law in the Rhetorica ad Herennium and De Inventione Jennifer Hilder Open Access Download PDF	166
11. Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic Michael C. Alexander Open Access Download PDF	187
12. Early-career Prosecutors: Forensic Activity and Senatorial Careers in the Late Republic Catherine Steel Open Access Download PDF	205
Postscript Paul J. Du Plessis Open Access Download PDF	228
Index Open Access Download PDF	231

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Law

eBook

Published: September 21, 2016
ISBN: 9781474408837