Benjamin Straumann is Alberico Gentili Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law and Lecturer at the University of Zurich. He is the author of Roman Law in the State of Nature and co-editor of the book series The History and Theory of International Law.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: The Fall of the Roman Republic and the Rise of Constitutional Thought I. Inchoate Constitutionalism in the Late Roman Republic1. "Not Some Piece of Legislation": The Roman Concept of Constitution2. Infinite Power? Emergencies and Extraordinary Powers in Constitutional Argument3. "The Sole Bulwark of Liberty": Constitutional Rights at Rome II. A Hierarchy of Laws: Roman Constitutional Thought4. Cicero and the Legitimacy of Political Authority5. Greek vs. Roman Constitutional Thought III. The Limits of Virtue: The Roman Contribution to Political Thought6. The Roman Republic as a Constitutional Order from the Principate to the Renaissance7. Neo-Roman Interlude: Machiavelli and the Anti-Constitutional Tradition8. Jean Bodin and the Fall of the Roman Republic Epilogue: Constitutional Republicanism, the "Cant-Word" Virtue and the American Founding BibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum

Straumann's Crisis and Constitutionalism is an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that is challenging conventional interpretations of Roman political thought [...] The work effectively both broadens and deepens our understanding of Roman political thought, challenging conventional interpretations and providing key insights into the final decades of the Roman republic.

Benjamin Straumann is Alberico Gentili Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law and Lecturer at the University of Zurich. He is the author of Roman Law in the State of Nature and co-editor of the book series The History and Theory of International Law.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: The Fall of the Roman Republic and the Rise of Constitutional Thought I. Inchoate Constitutionalism in the Late Roman Republic1. "Not Some Piece of Legislation": The Roman Concept of Constitution2. Infinite Power? Emergencies and Extraordinary Powers in Constitutional Argument3. "The Sole Bulwark of Liberty": Constitutional Rights at Rome II. A Hierarchy of Laws: Roman Constitutional Thought4. Cicero and the Legitimacy of Political Authority5. Greek vs. Roman Constitutional Thought III. The Limits of Virtue: The Roman Contribution to Political Thought6. The Roman Republic as a Constitutional Order from the Principate to the Renaissance7. Neo-Roman Interlude: Machiavelli and the Anti-Constitutional Tradition8. Jean Bodin and the Fall of the Roman Republic Epilogue: Constitutional Republicanism, the "Cant-Word" Virtue and the American Founding BibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum

Straumann's Crisis and Constitutionalism is an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that is challenging conventional interpretations of Roman political thought [...] The work effectively both broadens and deepens our understanding of Roman political thought, challenging conventional interpretations and providing key insights into the final decades of the Roman republic.

Benjamin Straumann is Alberico Gentili Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law and Lecturer at the University of Zurich. He is the author of Roman Law in the State of Nature and co-editor of the book series The History and Theory of International Law.

• Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: The Fall of the Roman Republic and the Rise of Constitutional Thought I. Inchoate Constitutionalism in the Late Roman Republic1. "Not Some Piece of Legislation": The Roman Concept of Constitution2. Infinite Power? Emergencies and Extraordinary Powers in Constitutional Argument3. "The Sole Bulwark of Liberty": Constitutional Rights at Rome II. A Hierarchy of Laws: Roman Constitutional Thought4. Cicero and the Legitimacy of Political Authority5. Greek vs. Roman Constitutional Thought III. The Limits of Virtue: The Roman Contribution to Political Thought6. The Roman Republic as a Constitutional Order from the Principate to the Renaissance7. Neo-Roman Interlude: Machiavelli and the Anti-Constitutional Tradition8. Jean Bodin and the Fall of the Roman Republic Epilogue: Constitutional Republicanism, the "Cant-Word" Virtue and the American Founding BibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum

Straumann's Crisis and Constitutionalism is an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that is challenging conventional interpretations of Roman political thought [...] The work effectively both broadens and deepens our understanding of Roman political thought, challenging conventional interpretations and providing key insights into the final decades of the Roman republic.