Lecture Five: Office and Rule in Constitutional Change
The four imperfect constitutions of Republic VIII are the topic of this lecture, in which the role of officeholders or magistrates is argued to be central to the ways in which these imperfect constitutions come about, operate, and change into one another. Studying these episodes of change reveals aspects of the normative dimension of political office both within their flawed operation and in contrast with it.
Date:
13 February 2018, 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2018)
Venue:
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Speaker:
Melissa Lane (Class of 1943 Professor of Politics, Princeton University)
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Part of:
The Carlyle Lectures - Don’t Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Laura Spence
