Right of Appeal

Research Case: Why Did the Right of Appeal Protect the People and Prevent Public Officials from Becoming Kings?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why did the right of appeal function both as protection of the people’s rights and as a system that prevented public officials from becoming kings? In Livy’s History of Rome, Book 2, Rome expels the kings and tries to establish republican freedom … Read more

Research Case: Why Must a Free Republic Control Authority Itself, Instead of Expecting Good Rulers?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why must a free republic control authority itself through terms of office, multiple consuls, and the right of appeal, instead of expecting good rulers? Livy’s History of Rome, Book 2 describes how Rome expelled the kings and formed the Republic. However, the … Read more