Tony Honoré
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199244249
- eISBN:
- 9780191705212
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244249.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Philosophy of Law
This epilogue deals briefly with some later Roman developments that concern Ulpian, especially his relation to the Law of Citations of 426 and to Tribonian in the 6th century.
This epilogue deals briefly with some later Roman developments that concern Ulpian, especially his relation to the Law of Citations of 426 and to Tribonian in the 6th century.
Tony Honoré
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199593309
- eISBN:
- 9780191725166
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199593309.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History, Comparative Law
In 1970 the author of this book and Alan Rodger published an article on how Justinian's commissioners read books and excerpted texts for the Digest. It attracted controversy. They dealt with the ...
More
In 1970 the author of this book and Alan Rodger published an article on how Justinian's commissioners read books and excerpted texts for the Digest. It attracted controversy. They dealt with the reading and excerpting of the classical literature rather than the later phase of the Digest project in which the texts were edited and put together in titles and books. They were concerned with how Tribonian organized the project rather than with identifying his interventions in the Digest texts. Their thesis was that the key to the completion of the Digest in three years was that the task of reading and excerpting classical texts was delegated according to a timetable to six senior commissioners organized in the three committees conventionally called the Sabinian, edictal, and Papinian committees. This chapter reviews the theory in the light of recent scholarship.Less
In 1970 the author of this book and Alan Rodger published an article on how Justinian's commissioners read books and excerpted texts for the Digest. It attracted controversy. They dealt with the reading and excerpting of the classical literature rather than the later phase of the Digest project in which the texts were edited and put together in titles and books. They were concerned with how Tribonian organized the project rather than with identifying his interventions in the Digest texts. Their thesis was that the key to the completion of the Digest in three years was that the task of reading and excerpting classical texts was delegated according to a timetable to six senior commissioners organized in the three committees conventionally called the Sabinian, edictal, and Papinian committees. This chapter reviews the theory in the light of recent scholarship.
Mary Ann Glendon
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- February 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199782451
- eISBN:
- 9780190252533
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199782451.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
The relationship between politics and the academy has been fraught with tension and regret—and the occasional brilliant success—since Plato himself. This book examines thinkers who have collaborated ...
More
The relationship between politics and the academy has been fraught with tension and regret—and the occasional brilliant success—since Plato himself. This book examines thinkers who have collaborated with leaders, from ancient Syracuse to the modern White House, in a series of brisk portraits that explore the meeting of theory and reality. The book discusses a roster of great names, from Edmund Burke to Alexis de Tocqueville, Machiavelli to Rousseau, John Locke to Max Weber, down to Charles Malik, who helped Eleanor Roosevelt draft the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With each, it explores the eternal questions they faced, including: Is politics such a dirty business that I shouldn't get involved? Will I betray my principles by pursuing public office? Can I make a difference, or will my efforts be wasted? Even the most politically successful intellectuals, it notes, did not all end happily. The brilliant Marcus Tullius Cicero, for example, reached the height of power in the late Roman Republic, then fell victim to intrigue, assassinated at Mark Antony's order. Yet others had a lasting impact. The legal scholar Tribonian helped Byzantine Emperor Justinian I craft the Corpus Juris Civilis, which became a bedrock of Western law. Portalis and Napoleon emulated them, creating the civil code that the French emperor regarded as his greatest legacy.Less
The relationship between politics and the academy has been fraught with tension and regret—and the occasional brilliant success—since Plato himself. This book examines thinkers who have collaborated with leaders, from ancient Syracuse to the modern White House, in a series of brisk portraits that explore the meeting of theory and reality. The book discusses a roster of great names, from Edmund Burke to Alexis de Tocqueville, Machiavelli to Rousseau, John Locke to Max Weber, down to Charles Malik, who helped Eleanor Roosevelt draft the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. With each, it explores the eternal questions they faced, including: Is politics such a dirty business that I shouldn't get involved? Will I betray my principles by pursuing public office? Can I make a difference, or will my efforts be wasted? Even the most politically successful intellectuals, it notes, did not all end happily. The brilliant Marcus Tullius Cicero, for example, reached the height of power in the late Roman Republic, then fell victim to intrigue, assassinated at Mark Antony's order. Yet others had a lasting impact. The legal scholar Tribonian helped Byzantine Emperor Justinian I craft the Corpus Juris Civilis, which became a bedrock of Western law. Portalis and Napoleon emulated them, creating the civil code that the French emperor regarded as his greatest legacy.
