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• Title:Quintilian and the law : the art of persuasion in law and politics / edited by Olga Tellegen-Couperus.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Tellegen-Couperus, O. E. (Olga Eveline)
  
• Published/Created:Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, ©2003.
  

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  • Call Number: KB31 .Q846 2003
    
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  • Call Number: K346 .Q85 2003 (LC)
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Quintilian--Influence.
  Persuasion (Rhetoric)
  Law--Political aspects.
  
• Description:332 p. ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:The art of persuasion, as practised today in political debate as well as in the courts of law, has been developed in the rhetorical tradition, but its authors have disappeared from view. One of them was Quintilian, who wrote his Institutio oratoria at the end of the first century AD. This book is special because it contains one of the fullest surveys of rhetorical insights ever written and because it has come down to us in its entirety. Quintilian's rhetorical system has been used in teaching rhetoric at universities since the Middle Ages. The purpose of 'Quintilian and the Law' is to reintroduce Quintilian's Institutio oratoria to modern readers, and to show that the topics discussed in it are still very much alive today. To that end, modern experts of law and rhetoric present their views on the Institutio oratoria, each dealing with one of the twelve books of which it consists. The authors were free to choose their own way of working, so that some books are described in their entirety, others are discussed from one particular point of view, and others still are treated only with regard to a particular section. In Roman times, the shortest way to a political career was by working in the law courts. There, one could acquire a reputation for having a thorough knowledge of the law and for being able to speak well in public. In his Institutio oratoria, Quintilian not only formulated important insights in juridical argumentation, in the art of speech-writing, and in the performative aspects of advocacy, he also discussed the ethical problems involved. Because Quintilian larded his instructions with numerous examples from practice, his book takes us back into the Roman law courts and helps us experience their exciting atmosphere. The essays in this book reflect the wide range of subjects discussed by Quintilian. They deal with (one of) six themes: (1) the ideal orator in a historical perspective, (2) his education, (3) rhetoric and communication, (4) argumentation, (5) Roman law in the Institutio oratoria, and (6) emotions in the courtroom. However, in honour of its author, they are arranged in the order of the Institutio oratoria. -- Publisher's description
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9058673014
  
• Contents:Introduction / Olga Tellegan-Couperus
  concept of authority in the Institutio oratoria, Book I / Jorge Fernandez Lopez
  Materia and officia of rhetorical teaching in Book II of the Institutio oratoria / Serena Querzoli
  three types of speeches in Quintilian, Book III : communicative aspects of the political and legal features of rhetorical discourse / Tomas Albaladejo
  Quintilian (Book III) and his use of Roman law / Olivia Robinson
  Quintilian and the judges : rhetorical rules and psychological strategies in the 4th book of the Institutio oratoria / Ida Mastrorosa
  Rhetorical role models for 16th to 18th century lawyers / Giovanni Rossi
  Proofs, arguments, places : argumentation and rhetorical theory in the Institutio oratoria, Book V / Belen Saiz Noeda
  'Secundum legam' in Institutio oratoria V.13.7 / Andrew Lewis
  Book VI of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria : the transmission of knowledge, historical and cultural topicalities, and autobiographic experience / Maria Silvana Celentano
  Institutio oratoria VI.2 : on emotion / Jeroen Bons and Robert Taylor Lane
  Emotion in the courtroom : Quintilian's judge - then and now / Richard A. Katula
  Moving the judge : a legal commentary on Book VI of Quintilian's Institutio oratoria / Jose-Domingo Rodriguez Martin
  role of dispositio in the construction of meaning : Quintilian's perspective / David Pujante
  Status and loci for the modern judge : from voluntas to purpose and beyond / Maarten Henket
  reliability of Quintilian for Roman law : on the Causa curiana / Jan Willem Tellegen
  Some (semiotic) aspects of elocutio in Quintilian : more about latinitas, perspicuitas, omatus, and decorum / Francisco Chico-Rico
  clarifying sententia clarified : on Institutio oratoria VIII.5.19 / Olga Tellegan-Couperus
  semiotic minuet in Quintilian's rhetoric : on the treatment of figures in Book IX of the Institutio oratoria / Barend van Heusden
  Style and law : how to win a case by means of emphasis / Olga Tellegen-Couperus
  Quintilian's advice on the continuing self-education of the adult orator : Book X of his Institutio oratoria / James J. Murphy
  Reasons for reading : Quintilian's advice on 'What to read' in book X / Sanne Taekema
  Classical and modern gesticulation accompanying speech : an early theory of body language by Quintilian / Peter Wulfing
  right of appeal in Quintilian's Institutio oratoria XI.1.76 / Esperanza Osaba
  Romanus sapiens and civilis vir : Quintilian's theory of the orator acting for the benefit of the imperial power / Vincenzo Scarano Ussani
  Quintilian's jurisprudence / Willem Witteveen.