Cicerone giurista

  • Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz Università di Napoli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2532-5353/1489

Abstract

The paper aims to determine Cicero's legitimacy as a source of information on the law of his time, after establishing that he was not a jurist (according to Cicero's own statements). 

Cicero is usually not held in high regard by law scholars; firstly, because the environment in which he worked is quite distant from that of classical jurists, but even more so because law was for him a mere means to win his cases, thus he would expound the laws in the way that was most favourable to his clients. However, in exercising his profession as a lawyer, he always stayed within the limits of the law in force, demonstrating adequate knowledge of it.

The author concludes that Cicero can be considered a reliable source, although he does not fit the definition of a jurist.

 

[Sara Busceti, Stefano Pellegrin, A.S.L. 2022 Liceo Cavour Torino]

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Published
2016-02-08
How to Cite
Arangio-Ruiz, V. (2016). Cicerone giurista. Ciceroniana On Line, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.13135/2532-5353/1489
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 2 (1959)
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Papers

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