Research On Cicero's Thoughts Of Law

As one of the most important person of human law civilization, Cicero's unique theory of law was mainly inherited from Stoic School. Besides, Cicero's theory was deeply marked by the special social reality. Holding natural rationality, believing natural justice and devoting to political practices was the soul of Cicero's thoughts of law. Guided by such a train of thought, the writer tried to understand Cicero and his thoughts of law from a completely new perspective.To achieve such a goal, the thesis was divided into five parts, and gave a systematic explanation of Cicero's thoughts of law:In the first part, a brief account was given to Cicero's life and his career of law and politics. Later, the writer analyzed the civilization and political background of Cicero's thoughts of law.In the second part, the writer analyzed the inheritance of natural law from Stoic School to Cicero, of which, the writer emphasized Cicero's thoughts of rationality.In the third part, the writer analyzed the religion thought of Cicero. Just like other great civilization, the old law civilization of Rome was not completely separated from religion, and religion ceremonies and traditions played an important role in Rome.The forth part emphasized Cicero's theory of constitution and rule of law. In this part, the writer firstly put forward Cicero's definition of republic and the theory of Mixed polity, and then he discussed Cicero's theory of rule of law which incorporated all kinds of right.In the fifth part, the writer discussed the influences of Cicero's thoughts of law on the subsequent evolution of thoughts of law. Cicero's contribution was tiny as to the glory of Roman law, but as a man with great historical status, Cicero's theory of Rational Law and his firm belief in Republicanism influenced generations of people greatly.