Published at : Equity outside the law

Dario Mantovani

Equity outside the law

A book that takes into account the polysemy, ambiguity and diversity of legacies of the notion of equity.

How can equity be defined ? How can it be applied in times of pandemics, when shaping climate policy or when considering multilingualism ? Constantly evoked but always equivocal, equity has for centuries raised questions about both its definition and its practical application.
Starting with the ancient meanings of equity, this book examines the diffraction of this originally legal, rhetorical and ethical notion into other disciplines in contemporary times. It compares its meaning in antiquity with the way it is used in today's sciences, through the prism of modern thinking. Thus, from a diachronic perspective, ancient law, rhetoric, religious sciences, history and archaeology meet contemporary philosophy, economics, ethics, environmental law, sociology, linguistics and comparative law.

Mantovani D. (dir.), L'Équité hors du droit, Paris, Collège de France, coll. " Conférences ", 2023, 252 p.

ISBN : 978-2-7226-0632-6
Price :28  €
Publication : 16 November 2023

Dario Mantovani is Professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair in Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome. Director of the journal Athenaeum, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the École française de Rome and of the Centro per la Storia dell'Università di Pavia, he is also Director of Cedant (Centro di studi e ricerche sui diritti antichi). Winner of an ERC Advanced Grant (2013), he is a foreign correspondent of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. He is the author of Les Juristes écrivains de la Rome antique. Les œuvres des juristes comme littérature (Collège de France/Les Belles Lettres, 2018).