Author: Alexander, Michael C.
Title: Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic
Review/Collection: Cicero's Law: Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic, Edited by Paul J. du Plessis
Place edition: Edinburgh
Editor: Edinburgh University Press
Year edition: 2016
Pages: 187-204
Keywords: Droit - Diritto - Law, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Alexander, making various important points about the relationship between formalism and realism when investigating the law, examines the practice of bringing multiple charges in criminal trials and the relationship between said charges and the unitary punishment that resulted from a conviction. In doing so, he engages with the important debate about the significance of the rhetoric of character in the Roman courtroom in the late Republic and its impact on proof of guilt. [editor]. The anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium and Cicero’s early De Inventione place great emphasis on the Judicial type of oratory that takes place in the Roman courts. By teaching their readers how to speak in this context through comments and examples, the two texts also provide a unique insight into the law, legal systems and personnel in the early first century BCE. This chapter focuses on the information they provide about the people involved in the Roman courts: the jurists, the advocates, and the jurors [Abstract].
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Author initials: Alexander 2016
Title: Multiple Charges, Unitary Punishment and Rhetorical Strategy in the Quaestiones of the Late Roman Republic
Review/Collection: Cicero's Law: Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic, Edited by Paul J. du Plessis
Place edition: Edinburgh
Editor: Edinburgh University Press
Year edition: 2016
Pages: 187-204
Keywords: Droit - Diritto - Law, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Alexander, making various important points about the relationship between formalism and realism when investigating the law, examines the practice of bringing multiple charges in criminal trials and the relationship between said charges and the unitary punishment that resulted from a conviction. In doing so, he engages with the important debate about the significance of the rhetoric of character in the Roman courtroom in the late Republic and its impact on proof of guilt. [editor]. The anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium and Cicero’s early De Inventione place great emphasis on the Judicial type of oratory that takes place in the Roman courts. By teaching their readers how to speak in this context through comments and examples, the two texts also provide a unique insight into the law, legal systems and personnel in the early first century BCE. This chapter focuses on the information they provide about the people involved in the Roman courts: the jurists, the advocates, and the jurors [Abstract].
Works:
Author initials: Alexander 2016
