Epieikeia/aequitas : equity from Athens and Rome

Epieikeia/aequitas : equity from Athens and Rome

The mules of Rome and the horses of Uttarakhand.
What can legal history do to rethink our relationship with Nature ?

The nature of " natura " : the Roman vision of an inner nature

" Natural law is that which nature has taught to all animals ". The Roman roots of legal anthropocentrism

" We are called by one natural name, that is, men ".
Freedom and slavery between nature and law

" Beasts, being devoid of understanding, cannot intend harm "

Classifying animals to better appropriate them. Milestones for a Roman " legal zoology 

" ... as long as the intention to return lasts ". Bees, doves and deer : animals on the edge of the law

Lucretius and a natural contract that isn't one

" We are a burden on the world, while Nature is no longer able to support us ".
Roman views on the environment, between practical knowledge, morality and law

" Equity is the return to natural law, in the silence, opposition or obscurity of positive laws ".
The law of nature as discourse.

" Nature has not made the sun anyone's possession ". Epilogue