Human rights in ancient Rome
| Основен автор: | Bauman, Richard A. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Routledge,
2011.
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Human rights in ancient Rome. |
Съдържание:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- `Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto'
- The meaning of `human rights'
- Questions of terminology
- The enforcement of human rights
- Structure and scope
- Evaluation
- 2. Human rights: the Greek experience
- Preamble: the meaning of philanthropia
- Philanthropia: the Athenian model
- Philanthropia: the defining moments
- The Hellenistic period
- Evaluation
- 3. Humanitas Romana
- Preamble: the meanings of humanitas
- The concept of humanitas Romana
- Humanitas Romana: a first appraisal
- The role of Panaetius
- The debut of the word `humanitas'
- Humanus: Terence and universalism
- Evaluation
- 4. Human rights prior to Humanitas Romana
- Preamble
- Early Rome: ius humanum
- The Scipionic age: humanitas and maiestas
- The Scipionic age: philanthropia
- The Scipionic age: domestic humanitas
- Primacy in humanitas: rival contenders
- Evaluation
- 5. Human rights in the Late Republic: Cicero.
- Contents note continued: Preamble
- Cicero and universalism
- Humanitas and punishment: the death sentence
- Humanitas and punishment: exile
- Humanitas and the law
- Evaluation
- 6. Human rights in the Late Republic: curbs on ill-treatment
- Preamble
- Maiestas, morality and humanitas
- Curbs on rapacity: early attempts
- Statutory relief for non-Romans: the lex Calpurnia
- The problem of mass enslavement
- Additional statutory relief: repetundae and maiestas
- Evaluation
- 7. The new image of Humanitas: part one
- Preamble
- Humanitas and clementia: Augustus and Tiberius
- Humanitas and clementia: Seneca
- Humanitas and clementia: Flavians, Antonines, Severans
- Clementia Caesaris: Julius Caesar
- Clementia Caesaris: Augustus and Tiberius
- Clementia Caesaris: Seneca and Nero
- Clementia Caesaris: Domitian to Alexander
- Evaluation
- 8. The new image of Humanitas: part two
- Curbs on rapacity: jurisdiction
- Curbs on rapacity: some cases.
- Contents note continued: Universalism: the merits
- Universalism: the demerits
- Freedom of speech
- Social welfare: the alimenta
- Evaluation
- 9. Man's inhumanity to man
- Preamble
- Genocide
- Slavery
- Racial prejudice
- Death at the games
- 10. Conclusion.