Peut-on parler de constitution à Rome ?
Can We Talk about the Constitution in Ancient Rome?
Author(s): Michèle DucosSubject(s): Ancient World, Lexis
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Ancient Rome;Constitution;imperial constitutions;municipal statutes;res publica;
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyse the notion of constitution in Ancient Rome. The word constitution occurs in many historical and legal studies to describe Roman political system. But there is no constitution in Rome in the present meaning of this word. Constitutio is used for the decisions of the Roman emperors. Some epigraphical documents seem however to contain constitutionnal norms. Besides, at the end of the Republic, the idea of constitution seems to appear slightly in the political thought.
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 63/2015
- Issue No: 08
- Page Range: 55-69
- Page Count: 15
- Language: French
