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I. Introduction: From Rhetoric to Law I. Introduction: From Rhetoric to Law
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II. The Making of a Legend: The Publication and Reception of the Diritto universale II. The Making of a Legend: The Publication and Reception of the Diritto universale
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III. A New Theory of Natural Law and Society: Vico’s History of the City and Citizen Rights III. A New Theory of Natural Law and Society: Vico’s History of the City and Citizen Rights
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Toward a Definition and Ontology of Natural Law Toward a Definition and Ontology of Natural Law
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From Natural Law to Historically Grounded Social Theory: Vico’s Revisionist History of Rome and Civic Rights From Natural Law to Historically Grounded Social Theory: Vico’s Revisionist History of Rome and Civic Rights
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Vico’s Critique of the Roman Constitution and of the Paradoxes of Metropolitan Society, Ancient and Modern Vico’s Critique of the Roman Constitution and of the Paradoxes of Metropolitan Society, Ancient and Modern
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Vico’s History of Roman Jurisprudence and Exhortation of the Judiciary to Reform Vico’s History of Roman Jurisprudence and Exhortation of the Judiciary to Reform
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Conclusion Conclusion
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3 Vico’s Social Theory: The Conundrum of the Roman Metropolis and the Struggle of Humanity for Natural Rights
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Published:February 2011
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Abstract
This chapter considers both the legal aspirations and jurisprudential works of Vico, and reconstructs his first full-blown account of Roman law and society in light of the jurisprudential tastes of his target audience, the leading members of the Neapolitan judiciary. It begins with an ample reconstruction of Vico's life and work between the publication of his last inaugural address, the De ratione (1709), and the drafting of his legal treatise known as the Diritto universal. It then identifies Vico's motivations for undertaking a legal treatise, and reconstructs the publication history and reception of both De uno (1720) and De Constantia (1721). The third section of this chapter reconstructs Vico's unique history of Rome, which made novel claims about the origins and laws of development characteristic of cities and, by analogy, world polities.
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