Gaius meets Cicero : : law and rhetoric in the school controversies / / by Tessa G. Leesen.

• Superior document: Legal history library ; v. 2
• Author: Leesen, Tessa G.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Legal history library ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Tilburg, 2009.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; I. Male Puberty /; II. Res Mancipi /; III. Specificatio /; IV. Filius Praeteritus /; V. Legatum Per Vindicationem (1) /; VI. Legatum Per Vindicationem (2) /; VII. Legatum Per Praeceptionem /; VIII. Datio Tutoris /; IX. Regula Catoniana /; X. In Iure Cessio Hereditatis /; XI. Condicio Impossibilis /; XII. Stipulatio For A Third Person /; XIII. Literal Contract /; XIV. Emptio Venditio (1) /; XV. Emptio Venditio (2) /; XVI. Mandatum /; XVII. Servus Communis /; XVIII. Datio In Solutum /; XIX. Novatio /; XX. Actio Noxalis /; XXI. Noxae Deditio /; Conclusion /; Appendix 1. Pomp., D. 1.2.2.47–53: Text And Translation /; Appendix 2. The Leaders Of The Schools /; Appendix 3. The Sabinians And The Proculians: Topoi /; Bibliography /; Source Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283039540; 9786613039545; 9004188517; 900418774X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Tessa G. Leesen.

Gaius Meets Cicero. Law and Rhetoric in the School Controversies sheds new light on a much debated issue in the field of Roman law, id est the so-called 'school controversies' between the Sabinians and the Proculians. Tessa Leesen rejects the general assumption in modern literature that the two schools each adhered to a fundamentally different theoretical conception of law. She argues that the 'school controversies' as described in Gaius' Institutiones arose in legal practice when the heads of the two schools were consulted by two conflicting parties and each gave opposing advice. In order to make their opinions persuasive, the jurists were in need of adequate arguments. For this purpose, they made use of rhetoric and of the argumentative theory of topoi as described in Cicero's Topica .