Cicero's Law: Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic

Roman law in the late Republic was not confined to statutes and legal theory; it was argued in court, interpreted by jurists and woven into political life. Edited by Paul J. du Plessis, Cicero’s Law uses Cicero’s writings and the legal culture of his age to examine how that system worked in practice.

The contributors move between courtroom argument, jurisprudence, rhetoric and philosophy, showing how closely law was tied to the wider political culture of the Republic. This is an advanced collection rather than a biography of Cicero, and its value lies in treating him as evidence for the institutions, practitioners and habits of thought that shaped Roman legal life.