A History and Description of Roman Political Institutions - Softcover

Abbott, Frank Frost

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1230338497 ISBN 13: 9781230338491

Verlag: TheClassics.us, 2013

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... SECTION II --DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTER VIII THE ATTRIBUTES OF MAGISTRACY (a) Magistrates, Imperium, Potestas 143. Method of Treatment. Our historical survey of the development of Roman political institutions has shown that the right of initiating action was the peculiar prerogative of the magistrate, and that in the early period he was practically the supreme lawgiver and judge, as well as the executive. To put it in another way, the functions acquired later by other branches of the government were in the early days exercised by the executive. We have traced the process of differentiation. First of all, the senate, which was at the beginning of the republic merely an advisory body, found means to enforce its claim to a share in the control of the state. Later, the popular assemblies developed, and finally a well-organized judicial system was established. A systematic examination of Roman political institutions will, therefore, follow the order of historical development, in taking up first the magistracies, then the senate, the popular assemblies, and finally the courts of- law. Our historical investigation has suggested one other important point in the method of treatment. At the beginning of the republican period the magisterial power was vested in a single college of magistrates. The establishment of new magistracies, as time went on, meant simply the assignment of certain specific duties to the new officials. The new magistracies had all the general characteristics of the original magistracy out of which they sprang. Therefore, before passing to an examination of the functions of the individual magistrates, it will be natural and convenient to consider the general attributes of the Roman magistracies taken as a unit. 144. Definition of...

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• Verlag: TheClassics.us
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230338497
• ISBN 13: 9781230338491
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132