Cicero and Modern Law (Philosophers and Law)

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Cicero and Modern Law contains the best modern writings on Cicero's major law related works, such as the Republic, On Law, On Oratory, along with a comprehensive bibliography of writings on Cicero's legal works. These works are organized to reveal the influence of Cicero's writings upon the history of legal thought, including St. Thomas, the Renaissance, Montesquieu and the U.S. Founding Fathers. Finally, the articles include discussions of Cicero's influence upon central themes in modern lega thought, including legal skepticism, republicanism, mixed government, private property, natural law, conservatism and rhetoric. The editor offers an extensive introduction, placing these articles in the context of an overall view of Cicero's contribution to modern legal thinking. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction Part I Cicero's Life, Predecessors and Works 1 Richard McKeon (1950), 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Cicero', in Cicero, Brutus, On the Nature of Gods, On Divination, On Duties, trans. Hubert M. Poteat, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-65, 613-18 Part II The Roman Law and Rhetorical Practice 2 Andrew J.E. Bell (1997), 'Cicero and the Spectacle of Power', Journal of Roman Studies, 87, pp. 1-22 3 Jill Harries (2002), 'Cicero and the Defining of the Ius Civile', in Gillian Clark and Tessa Rajak (eds), Philosophy and Power in the Greco Roman World: Essays in Honour of Miriam Griffin, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 51-68, 68a Part III Cicero's Works Rhetoric 4 Michael Mendelson (2002), 'De Oratore and the Development of Controversia', in Michael Mendelson (ed.), Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy of Argument, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 135-72, 269-70, 276-77 De Republica The Overall Structure 5 Elizabeth Asmis (2005), 'A New Kind of Model: Cicero's Roman Constitution in De Republica', American Journal of Philosophy, 126, pp. 377-416 The Nature of Res Publica 6 Malcolm Schofield (1995), 'Cicero's Definition of Res Publica', in J.G.F. Powell (ed.), Cicero the Philosopher: Twelve Papers, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 63-83 Natural Law 7 John R. Kroger (2004), 'The Philosophical Foundations of Roman Law: Aristotle, the Stoics and Roman Theories of Natural Law', Wisconsin Law Review, 905, pp. 905-44 Mixed Government 8 Andrew Lintott (1997), 'The Theory of the Mixed Constitution at Rome', in J. Barnes and M. Griffin (eds), Philosophia Togata II. Plato and Aristotle at Rome, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 70-85 Property 9 Neal Wood (1983), 'The Economic Dimension of Cicero's Political Thought: Property and State', Canadian Journal of Political Science, 16, pp. 739-56 De Legibus 10 C.W. Keyes (1921), 'Original Elements in Cicero's Ideal Constitution', American Journal of Philology, 42, pp. 309-23 De Officiis 11 E.M. Atkins (1990), '''Domina et Regina Virtutum": Justice and Societas in De Officiis', Phronesis, 35, pp. 258-89 Part IV Cicero's Method of Thought 12 Michael J. Buckley (1970), 'Philosophic Method in Cicero', Journal of the History of Philosophy, 8, pp. 143-54 13 Walter Watson (2001), 'Invention', in Thomas Sloane (ed.), Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 389-404 Part V The Collapse of the Republic and the Death of Cicero 14 Louis J. Sirico, Jr (2006), 'The Federalist and the Lessons of Rome', Mississippi Law Journal, 75, pp. 431-94 Part VI Cicero's Influence on Western Civilization 15 Philip Mitsis (1999), 'The Stoic Origin of Natural Rights', in K. lerodiakonou (ed.), Topics in Stoic Philosophy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 153-77 Part VII Cicero and Modern Political, Legal and Rhetorical Ideals Republicanism 16 Daniel T. Rodgers (1992), 'Republicanism: The Career of a Concept', Journal of American History, 79, pp. 11-38 17 Mortimer Sellers (1997), 'Republicanism, Liberalism, and the Law', Kentucky Law Journal, 86, pp. 1-30 18 Philip Pettit (1993), 'Liberalism and Republicanism', Australian Journal of Political Science, pp. 162-89 Rhetoric 19 Michael Frost (2005), 'Greco-Roman Rhetoric: The Canon and its History', in Michael Frost (ed.), Introduction to Classical and Legal Rhetoric: A Lost Heritage, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, pp. 1-22 Name Index