An evolving constitution · 制度与实践

scholarly-interpretation

Brennan emphasizes that Republican Rome had no written constitution, while possessing durable institutions and contested rules of political action.

Evidence limit: The institutional view is a guide to reading; it cannot resolve each disputed legal claim by applying one modern chart.

T. Corey Brennan, “Power and Process under the Republican ‘Constitution’,” in Harriet I. Flower (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic, 2nd ed. (2014), p. 19. Publisher record