Constitutionalism and antiquity transformation
Patricia Springborg
Straumann presents a grand narrative: Roman constitutionalism in the West from age of Cicero to American Founding Fathers. His project is forensic, mounting case framed terms dichotomy between Greek ethical and political tradition Plato Aristotle which emphasizes civic virtue (Pocock's classical republicanism), Roman-law based (Skinner's version). But this too easy. was heavily influenced by Aristotle; very survival Western civilization depended on translation movements, into Arabic Latin, under Abbasid Cordoba Caliphates, preserved texts it rests, recirculated them back Europe. This had important implications for Islamic jurisprudence, progenitor medieval European jurisprudence scholastic dialectic. Justinian's recovery Law subsequent codifications are related impetus movement at one remove. Why Eastern (Byzantine) Empire (which saw continuation Hellenic culture), empires Hellenistic Holy Germanic Peoples Law), missing account?
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