Public Justice and the Criminal Trial in Late Medieval Italy
Joanna Carraway Vitiello
In Public Justice and the Criminal Trial in Late Medieval Italy: Reggio Emilia Visconti Age, Joanna Carraway Vitiello examines criminal trial at end of fourteenth century. Inquisition procedure, which a powerful judge largely controlled process, was regular use court Reggio. Yet during period considered this study, technical procedural developments combined with political realities town to create system justice that prosecuted crime but also encouraged dispute resolution. Following stages including investigation, denunciation, weighing evidence, verdict, study investigates court’s complex role as vehicle for both personal prosecution public interest.
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