Cicero's Law : Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic / Paul J. du Plessis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Du Plessis, Paul J., 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Paid J. da Plessis Plessis, Paid J. da 1

Part I On Law

2 A Barzunesque View of Cicero: From Giant to Dwarf and Back / Philip Thomas Thomas, Philip 11

3 Reading a Dead Man's Mind: Hellenistic Philosophy, Rhetoric and Roman Law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus Tellegen-Couperus, Olga, Jan Willem Tellegen Tellegen, Jan Willem 26

4 Law's Nature: Philosophy as a Legal Argument in Cicero's Writings / Benedikt Forsckner Forsckner, Benedikt 50

Part II On Lawyers

5 Cicero and the Small World of Roman Jurists / Yasmina Benferhat Benferhat, Yasmina 71

6 'Jurists in the Shadows': The Everyday Business of the Jurists of Cicero's Time / Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler Lehne-Gstreinthaler, Christine 88

7 Cicero's Reception in the Juristic Tradition of the Early Empire 100 Mcuihvjs Wibier

8 Servius, Cicero and the Res Publica of Justinian / Jill Harries Harries, Jill 123

Part III On Legal Practice

9 Cicero and the Italians: Expansion of Empire, Creation of Law / Saskia T. Roselaar Roselaar, Saskia T. 145

10 Jurors, Jurists and Advocates: Law in the Rhetorical ad Herennium and De Inventione / Jennifer Hilder Hilder, Jennifer 166

11 Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic / Michael C. Alexander Alexander, Michael C. 187

12 Early-career Prosecutors: Forensic Activity and Senatorial Careers in the Late Republic / Catherine Steel Steel, Catherine 205.

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Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102650

ISBN:

9781474408820

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access