Nick Scott

Persuasive rhetorical techniques from the speeches of Demosthenes in Classical Athens to Cicero in the Late Roman Republic.

Plato’s Republic presents a vision of the ideal society. How would law look like in Plato’s utopia?

In the highly competitive world of the Late Roman Republic, the city’s law courts served as a proving ground for Rome’s most notable orators to start their political careers.

Demosthenes is one of antiquity’s most influential orators. He fiercely advocated for Athenian autonomy against the growing hegemony of Philip II of Macedon.

Composed in the 18th Century BCE, the Code of Hammurabi is one of the earliest comprehensive legal codes, far exceeding the scope of other codes discovered from the same period.

Piecing together archaeological clues, historians have made surprising discoveries about law in ancient Egypt.