Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Legal (In)equality

the specific allegations. So, for instance, allegations of “waste and fraud” in government appropriations today are largely self-perpetuating, whatever the facts of any particular case. Even so, one might finally point to the ease of bribery in the Roman world. Judges’ identities were known in advance. They were not expected to maintain rigorous segregation from those with business before them. There were no bank or other public financial records of the sort that might be used to prove brib ery today. Obviously, if justice can be bought, that helps the wealthy.

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