Public Justice and the Criminal Trial in Late Medieval Italy : Reggio Emilia in the Visconti Age / Joanna Carraway Vitiello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vitiello, Joanna Carraway, author.

Series:

Medieval law and its practice ; Volume 20.

Medieval Law and Its Practice Series ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal procedure--Italy--Reggio Emilia--History.

Criminal procedure.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Italy--Reggio Emilia--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (231 pages) : 2 tables; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Public Justice and the Criminal Trial in Late Medieval Italy: Reggio Emilia in the Visconti Age , Joanna Carraway Vitiello examines the criminal trial at the end of the fourteenth century. Inquisition procedure, in which a powerful judge largely controlled the trial process, was in regular use in the criminal court at Reggio. Yet during the period considered in this study, technical procedural developments combined with the political realities of the town to create a system of justice that prosecuted crime but also encouraged dispute resolution. Following the stages of the process, including investigation, denunciation, the weighing of evidence, and the verdict, this study investigates the court’s complex role as a vehicle for both personal justice and prosecution in the public interest.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Power, Jurisdiction, and Criminal Investigation

2 The Formation of a Criminal Inquisition

3 Fama, Notoriety, and the Due Process of Law

4 Proofs, Defenses, and the Determination of Guilt or Innocence

5 Resolutions: Conviction, Absolution, and Mitigation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Places

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004311350

9004311351

OCLC:

945783286

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004311350 DOI