Roman Legal Philosophy

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Associate Professor Dr.Pawarit Lertdhamtewe

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               What is the Roman legal philosophy, usually deemed one of the Roman greatest philosophical works of Cicero? Who else does also propose any legal concepts in the course of Roman legal history? Legal philosophy in Roman periods must be understood in relation to Roman law, a system which continued to evolve from the traditional founding of Rome until the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. Each of which periods has attracted legal histories and philosophers for two millennia. The legal concepts discussed in the Roman era are all known to be so problematic and so important in the history of law and philosophy that legal thinkers and philosophers have ever asked what the Roman legal philosophy really is. The long periods of Roman legal history make us fail to see the Roman legal philosophy as a whole. In each period, philosophers have taken up only a piece of the legal and philosophical concepts, so that the Roman legal philosophy remains fragmentary; the Roman legal philosophy has not shown us the whole picture nor its essence. Yet, the ancient Romans gave birth to a legal vocabulary still at work in the debates and aspirations of many of those concerned with legal philosophy and others social scientists across the globe today. One important dimension of Roman legal philosophy includes the claims and notions that law must be consistent with the perfected reason and nature. The main purpose of this paper is to examine Roman legal philosophy, while at the same investigating Roman laws throughout the course of Roman long periods of history. It thus treats historical practices and philosophical reflections together.

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Lertdhamtewe, A. P. D. (2022). Roman Legal Philosophy. Bot Bundit, 78(1), 26–64. retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/botbundit/article/view/255040
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