Res publica est res populi. Myśl polityczno-prawna Marka Tulliusza Cycerona
Res publica est res populi. The political and legal thought of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Author(s): Tomasz Banach
Subject(s): History, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Cicero; political and legal thought; Roman republic; ancient Rome
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the work is to analyze Cicero's political and legal thought from a holistic perspective, i.e. an approach that takes into account the interdependence of the key categories of Cicero's constitutional reflection, and to demonstrate that these dependencies are of fundamental importance for understanding Cicero's political reflection. The author analyzed these relationships in Cicero's works, with particular emphasis on the political-philosophical dialogues – De re publica and De legibus. In Cicero's reflection, it is difficult to speak of a division into the institutional and moral spheres, because the politics and public law of the republic are linked to morality. In Cicero's constitutional reflection, only in conditions of close connection (unity) of law and morality can the common good be realized. Virtus, common good, justice, form of government, law are categories that are deeply interdependent in Cicero's reflection. Only the organization-constitution of the community based on this interdependence can make this community free – free from the tyrant.

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