Stoicism and the Law

The influence of Stoicism on the doctrine of the Roman jurisconsults

Firmin Laferrière was a 19th-century French jurisconsult — a lawyer then professor of administrative law. His thesis, De l’influence du stoïcisme sur la doctrine des jurisconsultes romains, or The influence of Stoicism on the doctrine of the Roman jurisconsults, published in 1860, studies how Stoic philosophy influenced Roman law and the doctrine of its commentators, the jurisconsults. His analysis, sometimes abstract, has the merit of shedding light on the juridical scope of…