Screen LibraryMedicine and the law under the Roman Empire /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford studies in Roman society and law
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| Item Description: | This volume stems from the conference Medicine and the Law under the Roman Empire: Professionalism, Intellectual Pursuit, Entertainment, and Socio-Political Competition, which was held at New York University, October 3-4, 2019 (misdated October 4-5, 2019 in the book)--Cited from page vii and the program for the conference, available at: https://as.nyu.edu/departments/classics/events/medicine-and-law-under-the-roman-empire.html (viewed on October 23, 2023). |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 349 pages : charts ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780192898616 0192898612 |
| Index Number: | KJA147 |
| CLC: | D904.1-532 |
| Call Number: | D904.1-532/M489/2019 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Setting Medicine and Law Apart, Together / Selling the Subject-matter : When Science, Competition, and Entertainment Commingle. Introduction : Competition in the Roman Empire : Structure, Characteristics, and New Arenas / Law as Competitive Performance : Performative Aspects of the Legal Process in Roman Imperial Courts / Medicine as Competitive Performance : Eristic and Erudition : Galen on Erasistratus and the Arteries / Response : Does the Performance Undercut the Substance? / Over-shooting the Subject-matter : When Pragmatism and Expertise Collide. Introduction : What Makes the Expert, and His Expertise? / Juristic Literature and the Law : Competition and Cooperation / Medical Literature and Medicine : Going Beyond the Practical / Response : Expert or Intellectual? Other Views of Legal and Medical Expertise / Positioning the Subject-matter : When Rhetoric and Science Converge. Introduction : the Ubiquity of Rhetoric / Rhetoric in Legal Writing : The Ethos and Pathos of Roman Jurists / Rhetoric in Medical Writing : Artistic Prose? / Response : Experts of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of Expertise / Epilogue. How Does Philosophy Compare? / |