HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Twelve Tables, Fasces, Jus Gentium
15 Dec 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
(27 bc 1453 ad) (753-509 bc) (509-27 bc) His state power was symbolized in the fasces. King had all three powers (judge, legislator, administrator). He had these powers for as long as he lived. Soon he started to use these powers for his own benefits. Edictum (edicta): edictum during the kingdom, was a more made by the king. Customary law is the law that governs the societies that are less modernized than the modern societies. People follow a rule, and after a while, the idea comes into being that the rule has to be followed. That the rule is more than just a rule that is polite to follow. They are often not written down, and are applied by judges. Rules made by the king or citizens, are minor to customary law. Senate is assembly of descendants of patres" or senes": patricians. It is an advisory body: senatus consultum, not law but advice to the king.
