Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Training in Pettifoggery
James Hankins, Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2023), p. 97:
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Legal education was regarded by many Italian humanists as a training in pettifoggery and organized greed, withering the soul. It benefited only the rich, who could afford to pay for the best legal advice.
