Jus ou la cuisine romaine de la norme
The etymology of the Latin word jus (law) has long been controversial, and no satisfactory solution has yet been proposed. A new approach is explored herein. Latin had another word ius referring to cooking (juice, sauce), a common term in Indo‑European languages. The ius (law) in dictionaries was, i...
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2004-10-01
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| description | The etymology of the Latin word jus (law) has long been controversial, and no satisfactory solution has yet been proposed. A new approach is explored herein. Latin had another word ius referring to cooking (juice, sauce), a common term in Indo‑European languages. The ius (law) in dictionaries was, it is argued, formed out of the second ius through a metaphor characteristic of symbolic thought. This argument is based on the anthropology of normative language and on an analysis of correspondences between two symbolic systems – the legal and sacrificial. It sheds new light on the origins of Roman law; ius quiritium is seen as deriving from the swearing of a collective oath in the context of a sacrifice. |
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