Medieval public justice / Massimo Vallerani ; translated by Sarah Rubin Blanshei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vallerani, Massimo.

Contributor:

Blanshei, Sarah Rubin.

Series:

Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law

Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 9

Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law; Series ; v.v. 9

Standardized Title:

Giustizia pubblica medievale. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal procedure--Italy--History--To 1500.

Criminal procedure.

Procedure (Law)--Italy--History--To 1500.

Procedure (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a series of essays based on surviving documents of actual court practices from Perugia and Bologna, as well as laws, statutes, and theoretical works from the 12th and 13th centuries, Massimo Vallerani offers important historical insights into the establishment of a trial-based public justice system.

Contents:

Procedure and justice in the Italian cities of the late middle ages (twelfth-fourteenth centuries)

How procedures think : facts and the trial

The accusatory system in action : Bologna between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

Peace accord and trial in the judicial system : the example of Perugia

How the inquisition is constructed: arbitrium and power in Perugia

The inquisitorial trial in the political struggles in Bologna between the Duecento and Trecento

The petition to the Signore and the power of mercy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-372) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1972-8

OCLC:

813928730