Faux coupables et vrais imposteurs L’usurpation d’identité devant la justice à travers le cas d’Ami et Amile

The article takes up the motif of the judicial duel in which Ami impersonates his friend Amile, as the two look exactly alike; in doing so, Ami establishes the innocence of Amile, even though the latter was guilty as accused. This incident, which draws much of its dramatic power from judicial practices, is part of the theme of falsehood and falsification that makes the song of Ami et Amile into a work in which the emotive nature of truth is revealed, and which asks questions about the appropriation of identity.