Roman Justice
Roman vs U.S. Ideas of Citizenship,Law&Justice
Rights of citizens
-Able to vote
-Hold official offices - civil and government
-Own property and write contracts
-Go to court
Not everyone had equal rights
•male had limit rights
-no voting or government offices
•slaves were property with almost no
rights - small chances for freedom
•Freedman were former slaves with limited
rights
Imigrant citizens
The children of freedman and woman
- would be born as full Roman citizens
Follow the laws
•Foccused on:
Marriage
-could not get divorced
•Inheritance
- what you are given when
a family member dies
Contracts between people
•Laws were written in the U.S.
so you didn't need to go ask
people what the laws were
Roman Justice
- Connected to life, liberty, and pursuit of
happiness
• We see that in the declaration of independence
Judges made court decisions from trials
and evidence
Punishments
•Fit the crime commited
-Fines - pay money
-Beatings
-Banishments - have to leave Rome
-Slavery
-Execution if guilty of treason
•Patricide - killing your father, was
punished by being drowned
in a river
•Slaves were beaten, harder work, or often
crucified
U.S.:
•Here in the U.S. if you commit a crime
you are sent to jail or put in to sleep for
ever.