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1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- Rome.
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Human rights -- Rome.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bauman, Richard A. Human rights in ancient Rome. London : Routledge, 2011 9780415692564 (OCoLC)801386641 |
| ISBN |
9781134689897 (electronic book) |
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1134689896 (electronic book) |
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9780415692564 |
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0415692563 |
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