Searching for the Roots. Vis vi depulsa in the Concept of Cicero

Authors

  • Anna Tarwacka

Keywords:

Self defence, force, Roman criminal law, Cicero

Abstract

The jurist Cassius is believed to be the author of the brocard Vim vi repellere licet . However, in Cicero’s speeches the are many fragments concerning repelling force by force. It therefore seems that it might have been him who had first made the rule common, maybe as vim vi depellere licet. The context in which the orator placed it, implied restoring order in the state, in which violence ruled. Cicero claimed that – in order for the law to prevail – it was first necessary to fight force with force. Only later was the rule transferred by the jurist into private law.

Downloads

Published

2012-01-01

How to Cite

Searching for the Roots. Vis vi depulsa in the Concept of Cicero . (2012). Miscellanea Historico-Iuridica, 11, 77-88. https://miscellanea.uwb.edu.pl/article/view/266

Similar Articles

1-10 of 344

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.