The Vestal and the Fasces: Property and the Feminine In Law and Psychoanalysis

Authors

Jeanne L. Schroeder, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawFollow

Abstract

The fasces symbolized the majesty of Roman law. It was an axe attached to a bundle of sticks. Consuls, emperors, and other high-ranking officials were escorted in public by lictors bearing the fasces as the visible representation of the enforcement powers of the state. Offenders could be mercifully flogged with one of the sticks or justly executed with the blade.

Keywords

Gender and the Law, Civil Law, Religion and the Law

Disciplines

Civil Law | Law | Law and Gender

Recommended Citation

Jeanne L. Schroeder, The Vestal and the Fasces: Property and the Feminine In Law and Psychoanalysis, 16 Cardozo L. Rev. 805 (1995).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol16/iss3/5