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Chapter 3 - ‘System’ in law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2021

René Brouwer
René Brouwer
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Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
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In this chapter, the influence of Hellenistic philosophy on Roman law is discussed in terms of method: with the help of the Stoic dialectical methods of classifying and defining the Roman jurists could start to systematise the organically grown output of their civil law and turn the resolution of disputes into a scientific enterprise, producing systematic overviews along the way. In the 6th century CE, the Roman Emperor Justinian took the influential decision that an updated version of one of these accounts itself be given the status of law.

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sciencesystemmethoddivisiondefinitionQuintus Mucius ScaevolaServius SulpiciusBlackstoneJustinian
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Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic , pp. 37 - 51
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • ‘System’ in law
  • René Brouwer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Book: Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic
  • Online publication: 29 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868907.004
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  • René Brouwer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Book: Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868907.004
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  • ‘System’ in law
  • René Brouwer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Book: Law and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic
  • Online publication: 29 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108868907.004
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