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Cicero's law : rethinking Roman law of the late Republic / edited by Paul J. du Plessis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Du Plessis, Paul J., 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Roman law.
- Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2016
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fundamental re-assessment of Cicero's place in Roman law. <p>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. </p>Contributors<p>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</p>
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- ISBN:
- 9781474432535
- 1474432530
- 9781474408844
- 1474408842
- 9781474426763
- 147442676X
- 9781474408837
- 1474408834
- OCLC:
- 1111966898
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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