Mujer y abogacía en la Roma Antigua: tres casos célebres

While men held the dominant position in ancient Rome and women were not allowed to hold public office, there were periods when women were able to act as attorneys before the courts. Several authors tell about famous cases in which women like Amaesia Sentia and Hortensia served as lawyers, and they a...

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Autor: Truque Morales, Ana Lucía
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22901
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/22901
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Derecho Romano
abogada
tribunales
pretor
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Resumo:While men held the dominant position in ancient Rome and women were not allowed to hold public office, there were periods when women were able to act as attorneys before the courts. Several authors tell about famous cases in which women like Amaesia Sentia and Hortensia served as lawyers, and they also record the history of Caya Afrania, whose temper allegedly caused the edict which forbade women to represent other persons before the courts.