CICERO, NATURAL LAW AND REPUBLICANISM - (M.C.) Hawley Natural Law Republicanism. Cicero's Liberal Legacy. Pp. xii + 252, fig. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. Cased, £47.99, US$74. ISBN: 978-0-19-758233-6.

From the perspective of normative political theory, several studies on Republicanism have stressed the need to propose new definitory approaches to the idea of liberty – a need which goes hand in hand with the necessity to revitalize political participation and active citizenship in the running of political communities. Hawley’s book Natural Law Republicanism. Cicero’s Liberal Legacy, although mainly conceivable as a work of history of political philosophy, enters the field of normative theory by critically addressing and defending an original idea of freedom as “non-domination”. His view, which engages critically and fruitfully with ideas defended by contemporary authors like Quentin Skinner, Philip Pettit and Maurizio Viroli, tries to identify supposed elements of compatibility between Republicanism and modern Liberalism.