MIETMAULE OR ‘THINKING LIKE A LAWYER’
MIETMAULE OR ‘THINKING LIKE A LAWYER’
Author(s): Philip ThomasSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Roman law; Cicero; lawyer; Seneca; Quintilian; legal argumentation.
Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates the origins of the rather ambivalent expression “thinking like a lawyer”. It argues that Cicero strongly influenced the manner in which the classical Roman jurists argued and reasoned. This proposition is supported by the works of Seneca (elder) and Quintilian whose works reflect legal argumentation during an important period of Roman legal development.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes Bolyai - Iurisprudentia
- Issue Year: 58/2013
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 67-83
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English