Analysis on Constitution of Melfi and the Appellate Jurisdiction System of Swabian Sicily

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10.2991/assehr.k.210916.020How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Constitution of Melfi, Master justiciar, Justiciar, Judge, Chamberlain, Bailiff, Appellate jurisdiction system

Abstract

Constitution of Melfi, also known as Liber Augustalis, formally established the appellate jurisdiction system of Swabian Sicily by statute law. The jurisdiction in the kingdom was shared by both judicial officials and administrative officials who wielded little judicial powers. The former kind included master justiciar, justiciar, judge and their courts while the latter refers to bailiff and chamberlain. There was a distinctive hierarchy and boundary of jurisdiction among them. Swabian Sicily’s advanced appellate jurisdiction system was beneficial to maintaining judicial fairness while strengthening the kingship of Friedrich II and his successors.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuanyuan Chang
AU  - Yan He
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/16
TI  - Analysis on Constitution of Melfi and the Appellate Jurisdiction System of Swabian Sicily
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Science:Public Administration, Law and International Relations (SSPALIR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 132
EP  - 135
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210916.020
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210916.020
ID  - Chang2021
ER  -