This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature. Despite there being periods of massive tectonic shifts in the legal and literary landscapes, the Republic and Empire of Rome have not until now been the focus of interdisciplinary study in this field. This volume brings vital new material to the attention of the law and literature movement.An interdisciplinary approach is at the heart of this volume: specialists in Roman law rarely engage in constructive dialogue with specialists in Latin literature and vice versa but this volume bridges that divide. It shows how literary scholars are eager to examine the importance of law in literature or the juridical nature of Latin literature, while Romanists are ready to embrace the interactions between literary and legal discourse. This collection capitalizes on the opportunity to open a fruitful dialogue between scholars of Latin literature and Roman law and thus makes a major, much-needed contribution to the growing field of law and literature.The interdisciplinary field of law and literature has been active for more than four decades, but has paid surprisingly little attention to the Roman Republic and Empire, despite their being periods of massive tectonic shift in the legal and literary landscape. Given that Romans viewed law and literature as intimately related rather than discrete categories, this topic is ripe for scholarly investigation and will bring vital new material to the attention of the law and literature movement. This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature.Experts in Roman law rarely engage in constructive dialogue with specialists in Latin literature and vice versa. This volume aims to bridge that divide. On the one hand, scholarship on Latin literature is increasingly focusing on the historical and socio-political backgrounds that shape the production of literary works, in contrast with the older trend of studying literature as a closed universe unrelated to historical realities. On the other hand, scholarship on Roman law has recently been emphasizing the fact that legal discourse was not culturally isolated. Literary scholars are now eager to examine the importance of law in literature or the juridical nature of Latin literature, while Romanists are ready to embrace the interactions between literary and legal discourse. The proposed volume capitalizes on the right moment to open a fruitful dialogue between scholars of Latin literature and Roman law and thus makes a major, much needed contribution to the growing field of law and literature.

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