[Usyd_Classics_Events] Classics and Ancient History Seminar Series | Marco Paoletti, October 17, 2024

[Lila Daly]

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From: Classics and Ancient History at Sydney <lila.daly at sydney.edu.au
Subject: Classics and Ancient History Seminar Series | Marco Paoletti, October 17, 2024

Classics and Ancient History Seminar Series | October 17, 2024

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School of Humanities (SoH)

Classics and Ancient History
[The University of Sydney]
[Quadrangle]
Classics and Ancient History Seminar Series

Marco Paoletti (University of Sydney) | Thursday October 17 at 4pm AEST (UTC +10)
Dear Friends of Classics and Ancient History,

You are cordially invited to the seventh Classics and Ancient History research seminar of semester 2, 2024.
Thursday October 17, 4pm AEST (UTC+10), Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom and Zoom: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/82326237855

Marco Paoletti (University of Sydney)
Bona Fides in Ancient and Modern Law

Abstract:
This paper examines the legal concept of good faith (bona fides), which began life as a defence in Roman contract law and survives in many civilian and common law jurisdictions. Good faith implies an obligation on contracting parties to deal fairly and honestly with each other. The layperson may justly ask what this adds to the obligations that one person would reasonably expect from any other. It also raises moral questions, above all: What role should someone's personal qualities play in the assessment of his or her legal rights and obligations? The question was not as striking to the Romans, whose legal concept of good faith developed out of fides, the ancient social virtue of trust and reliability. Is that what it still means today? Is good faith a technical rule with a lofty name, or does it carve out a space for virtue ethics in positive legal systems? Is it, in fact, a pretext for arbitrary legal rulemaking? What can Roman law and society teach us - or warn us - about trust and fair dealing in legal relations? This paper posits good faith as an important element of the individualistic tendency in Roman law, not by encouraging autonomy or idiosyncrasy, but by measuring each actor by his personal qualities and assessing his legal rights and obligations by those criteria.


Biography:
Marco Paoletti studied history at Oxford and Cambridge, and law at Monash University. He is currently working on a doctoral thesis on Person and Individual in Roman Law at the University of Sydney.

On Campus
Papers this semester will be presented on campus live streamed via Zoom (unless otherwise indicated). The on-campus location will either be:
Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, Level 4, Madsen Building, or the Kevin Lee Room (Quadrangle Level 6, Room H6.04).

ZOOM
The zoom address for this and all sessions during semester 2 is https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/82326237855<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/70-dC71R2NTWxQw35T8fyFoO70c?domain=t.e2ma.net>

For further information, email: benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au<mailto:benjamin.brown at sydney.edu.au>

All best,
Lila, on behalf of Dr Ben Brown.

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