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Title

  • Cicero's law : rethinking Roman law of the late Republic

Names

  • Plessis, Paul J. du, editor

Created / Published

  • Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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.

Headings

  • -  Cicero, Marcus Tullius
  • -  Roman law
  • -  Politics and government
  • -  Roman law--Interpretation and construction
  • -  Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
  • -  Rome--Politics and government--265-30 B.C
  • -  Rome (Empire)

Genre

  • Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (vi, 241 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KJA810

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020717643

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Plessis, Paul J. Du, editor. Cicero's law: rethinking Roman law of the late Republic. [Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020717643/.

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Plessis, P. J. D., editor. (2016) Cicero's law: rethinking Roman law of the late Republic. [Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020717643/.

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Plessis, Paul J. Du, editor. Cicero's law: rethinking Roman law of the late Republic. [Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020717643/>.