Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108491488)

The middle of the second until the middle of the first century BCE is one of the most creative periods in the history of human thought, and an important part of this was the interaction between Roman jurists and Hellenistic philosophers. In this highly original book, Ren Brouwer shows how jurists transformed the study of law into a science with the help of philosophical methods and concepts, such as division, rules and persons, and also how philosophers came to share the jurists' preoccupations with cases and private property. The relevance of this cross-fertilization for present-day law and philosophy cannot be overestimated: in law, its legacy includes the academic study of law and the Western models of dispute resolution, while in philosophy, the method of casuistry and the concept of just property.

Author: René Brouwer
ISBN-10: 1108491480
ISBN-13: 9781108491488
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2021
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.90w x 0.60d