Freedom of speech in Rome

This paper reflects on the existence and exercise of freedom of speech in Rome. After asserting that Romans considered free speech as part of the liberties provided by the Republican regime, it is affirmed that it was not regarded as a human right but as a political entitlement. As nowadays, freedom...

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Autor principal:	Díaz de Valdés,José Manuel
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, .Facultad de Derecho, Escuela de Derecho. 2009
Materias:	Freedom of Speech Lex Maiestatis Libel
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-545520090001000042010-04-08Freedom of speech in RomeDíaz de Valdés,José Manuel Freedom of Speech Lex Maiestatis Libel This paper reflects on the existence and exercise of freedom of speech in Rome. After asserting that Romans considered free speech as part of the liberties provided by the Republican regime, it is affirmed that it was not regarded as a human right but as a political entitlement. As nowadays, freedom of speech was valued not only for its importance to the speaker, but also for its relevance to the political system. The paper states that during the Republic, this right was intensively exercised trough both institutional and not institutional settings. Among the former were the contiones, the Senate, the courts and, surprisingly, the army. The latter were mainly the Forum, private associations and some kind of arts. The advent of the Empire deeply affected freedom of speech. Although it did not disappeared altogether, it ceased to be considered as a right (it was only tolerated) and became troublesome to the new political regime. Regarding its legal status, freedom of speech was never recognized as a right by statute. In contrast, legal restrictions evolved from a soft start under the XII Tables, to increasing severity at the end of the Republic, to straight harshness during the Empire.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, .Facultad de Derecho, Escuela de Derecho.Revista de estudios histórico-jurídicos n.31 20092009-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-54552009000100004en10.4067/S0716-54552009000100004
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description	This paper reflects on the existence and exercise of freedom of speech in Rome. After asserting that Romans considered free speech as part of the liberties provided by the Republican regime, it is affirmed that it was not regarded as a human right but as a political entitlement. As nowadays, freedom of speech was valued not only for its importance to the speaker, but also for its relevance to the political system. The paper states that during the Republic, this right was intensively exercised trough both institutional and not institutional settings. Among the former were the contiones, the Senate, the courts and, surprisingly, the army. The latter were mainly the Forum, private associations and some kind of arts. The advent of the Empire deeply affected freedom of speech. Although it did not disappeared altogether, it ceased to be considered as a right (it was only tolerated) and became troublesome to the new political regime. Regarding its legal status, freedom of speech was never recognized as a right by statute. In contrast, legal restrictions evolved from a soft start under the XII Tables, to increasing severity at the end of the Republic, to straight harshness during the Empire.
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