Cicero the Advocate

by: Powell, J. Paterson, J.

 Cicero the Advocate
Edited by Jonathan Powell and Jeremy Paterson
Presents Cicero's speeches as examples of practical advocacy
An Introduction discusses general topics and sets the speeches in historical context
Analyses Cicero's rhetorical techniques, examining particular speeches
An Epilogue by a Lord Justice of Appeal compares ancient and modern advocacy

Description
A collection of contributions by prominent Ciceronian scholars on Cicero's forensic speeches as examples of advocacy designed to secure a verdict, setting the speeches in the context of the Roman court system and of ancient rhetoric, discussing the nature of advocacy ancient and modern, analysing Cicero's various techniques of persuasion, and examining a number of speeches in detail as case studies.

Table of Contents
Introduction, Jonathan Powell and Jeremy Paterson
I. Themes
1:Legal Procedure in Cicero's Time, Andrew Lintott
2:Self-Reference in Cicero's Forensic Speeches, Jeremy Paterson
3:A Volscian Mafia? Cicero and his Italian Clients in the Forensic Speeches, Kathryn Lomas
4:Allusion in Cicero's Narratives, David Levene
5:Cicero and the Law, Jill Harries
6:The Rhetoric of Character in the Roman Courts, Andrew Riggsby
7:Audience Expectations, Invective, and Proof, Christopher Craig
8:Cicero's Perorations, Michael Winterbottom
II. Case Studies
9:Being Economical with the Truth: What Really Happened at Lampsacus (Verrines II 1), Catherine Steel
10:Repetition and Structure in a Civil Law Speech: The Pro Caecina, Lynn Fotheringham
11:The Advocate as a Professional: The Role of the Patronus in Cicero's Pro Cluentio, Christopher Burnand
12:Literature and Persuasion in Pro Archia, Dominic Berry
13:De Domo sua: Legal Problem and Structure, Wilfried Stroh
14:The Dilemma of Cicero's Speech for Ligarius, Jeff Johnson
Epilogue
15:Cicero and the Modern Advocate, John Laws

Cicero the Advocate

by: Powell, J. Paterson, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780199298297 / 978-0-19-929829-7
• ISBN-03: 0199298297 / 0-19-929829-7
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006