【國際學術演講】自然法則，無法則的自然：自成一體的古典世界——Natural Law, Nature without Law: Antiquity Is Another World

自然法則，無法則的自然：自成一體的古典世界

Natural Law, Nature without Law: Antiquity Is Another World

演講人

Prof. Dario Mantovani

法蘭西公學院法律、文化與社會講座教授（Chair of Law, Culture and Society of Ancient Rome, Collège de France）

時間：10月30日星期三10:00~12:00

地點：文學院演講廳 （College of Liberal Arts Lecture Hall）

＊本演講以英文進行

演講摘要

在 21 世紀，全世界許多國家已將「自然」納入與「人類」或「人類群體」同等的法律類別當中。將自然賦予法律權利的概念源自於古典世界，特別是羅馬法學。然而，擁有 “ius naturale” （自然法）概念的羅馬人，是否真的能夠構想出所謂的「生態契約」或「自然權」？此次演講將沿著羅馬法學的脈絡，探討羅馬人與自然及其秩序之間的特殊司法關係，以揭示古代法學與現代論述之間的相互影響。羅馬的價值並不在於能為我們指明未來的方向，而是在於其作為「他者」所擁有的獨特身份。這場演講將促使我們在進行有關生態轉型的思辨時，能夠反思與過去的關係。

Abstract:

In the 21st century, many states throughout the world have placed nature in the same legal category as humans or human groupings. Ideas of granting rights to nature under the law mobilize texts and concepts from Antiquity, mainlyfrom Roman jurisprudence. But could the Romans, with the notion of ius naturale, really have conceived of “eco-contracts” or “rights of nature”? Weaving through the strands of Roman jurisprudence, this talk will highlight the specificities of the juridical relationship of the Romans with nature and the natural order to show precisely how ancient jurisprudence informs modern discourses, and how modern discourses reform and deform the thoughts of the ancients. Far from being guides for the future, the Romans recover their alterity. This talk will help us to reconsider and rethink our relationship to the past when engaging in the debates on ecological transition. 

講者簡介

Mantovani 教授曾任義大利帕維亞大學法律學院羅馬法教授，自 2018 年起擔任巴黎法蘭西公學院古羅馬法律、文化與社會講座教授，同時也是帕多瓦大學歷史中心的主任。身為羅馬法的專家，Mantovani 教授已發表超過 120 篇學術文章及 9 本著作，主題涵蓋羅馬法的法則及法學家知識世界等多樣面向。

Introduction of the Speaker

Professor Dario Mantovani is currently chair of Law, Culture and Society of Ancient Rome at the Collège de France in Paris, a post he has held since 2018. He was professor of Roman Law in the Department of Jurisprudence at the Università degli Studi di Pavia in Italy. As an expert on Roman law, he has published over 120 articles and 9 books on topics ranging from the formularies of Roman law to, more recently, the intellectual world of the jurists. His interests extend beyond the world of the law as he was also the director of the Centro per la storia dell'università di Pavia.