Cicero\'s On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic.
The new edition of this volume has been revised throughout to take account of recent scholarship, and features a new introductio.
On the Commonwealth survives only in part, and On the Laws was never completed.
They represent Cicero\'s understanding of government and remain his most important works of political philosophy.
Cicero\'s On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic