In Search of a Roman Rule of Law
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- Michael Peachin
- Reported year
- 2025
- Reported language
- en
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- book-chapter
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- 2026-11-14T02:32:28.607879+00:00
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Abstract Among ancient and modern writers alike, there is stark divergence of opinion as to whether the Roman Empire established a world ruled by law, or not. This chapter suggests a possible pathway for further study of this topic, despite the apparent impossibility of consensus. First, it addresses potential impediments, including the problem of defining ‘rule of law’, preferring an inductive approach drawing on Roman words and ideas rather than applying modern theories. Next, it suggests approaching the topic by attempting to identify, so far as possible, the ways in which the organized Roman community—that is, the government, or the state—sought to establish law as a regulator of daily affairs, including the contributions of emperors and jurists. Ultimately, however, it may be that what the Romans sought was more akin to the rule of some consensual form of justice rather than a rule of any given system of law.
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- https://openalex.org/W4414515593
- DOI
- 10.1093/9780198959359.003.0003
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- Book chapter
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- Oxford University Press
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- Oxford University Press
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- 2025-09-25
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Michael Peachin. In Search of a Roman Rule of Law. 2025. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198959359.003.0003
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- Michael Peachin. (2025). In Search of a Roman Rule of Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198959359.003.0003
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- Michael Peachin. In Search of a Roman Rule of Law. Oxford University Press. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198959359.003.0003
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- Michael Peachin. In Search of a Roman Rule of Law. 2025. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198959359.003.0003
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