Justice

Research Case: Why Did the Verginia Incident Show That the Privatization of Justice Destroys the Governing OS?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did the Verginia incident show that the privatization of justice destroys the governing OS? The Verginia incident in Livy’s Book 3 is not merely a personal crime. It is an event in which the judicial circuit of the state was cut … Read more

Research Case: Why did justice become a device that legalized Appius’ private desire?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did justice become a device that legalized Appius’ private desire? This question examines the institutional meaning of the Verginia incident in the latter part of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. In the Verginia incident, law and courts … Read more