"Documentum supplicii" e "Documentum criminis" : il corpo del reo tra precetto e sanzione nel mondo antico /

"Documentum supplicii" e "Documentum criminis" : il corpo del reo tra precetto e sanzione nel mondo antico /

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Author / Creator:	Donadio, Nunzia, author.
Imprint:	Napoli, Italia : Jovene, ©2017.
Description:	ix, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	Italian
Series:	L'arte del diritto ; 34 Arte del diritto ; 34.
Subject:	Torture. Punishment. Punishment (Roman law) Punishment. Punishment (Roman law) Torture.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11047205

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ISBN:	9788824324632 8824324630
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	This monograph "examines the ways in which an offender's body (corpus rei) was tortured for political or military crimes, or for engaging in activity aimed at subverting the established balance of power, in specific historical and geopolitical contexts in the ancient world. Through a close reading of individual cases found in the sources examined, a recurring correspondence appears to emerge between the way the offender was punished (the nature of the sentence-punishment and the type of tormenta associated with it) and the wrongful conduct of which he was guilty ..."--Abstract.

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Physical Description:	ix, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9788824324632 8824324630