The Genesis of a Permanent Tribunal: Quaestio perpetuae de repetundis
The Genesis of a Permanent Tribunal: Quaestio perpetuae de repetundis
Author(s): Mariusz GwardeckiSubject(s): History of Law, Political history, Ancient World, Politics and law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Roman Republic; corruption of magistrates; permanent tribunal (quaestio perpetuae); extraordinary tribunal; the judiciary in the Roman Republic;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present the judiciary in cases de repetundis in the period before the permanent court was established, including plebeian tribunals and “occasional” tribunals: quaestiones estraordinariae / quaestiones temporiae, as well as the collegium of recuperators. An important element is the evolution of the court proceedings and the emergence of new legislative efforts, as well as the influence of the emergence of new court models on the proceedings. The author will discuss the legal, social and political background of the development of legislation with regard to prosecuting the crimen repetundarum (crime of extortion) and outline the scale of the problem of extortion in the Roman Republic, as well as the related social conflicts.
Journal: Folia Historica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 25/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 37-64
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English