Adultery in Byzantine Law
Abstract
Roman law formalized adultery as a public crime for the first time in the context of Augustus’ legislative program for the restoration of moral values and the reform of family law. The byzantine legislator, under the influence of christianity and the legal institutions of the eastern part of the empire, continued the roman legacy with noteworthy differentiation, highlighting the special character of byzantine law. The main part of the thesis is structured in the section that concerns the issues of criminal law (objective and subjective elements of the crime, issues of distinction and confluence, legal position of the husband of the adulteress in terms of permissible limits of tolerance and the ius occidendi, prosecution, evidence and penalties) and in the section dealing with matters of a civil nature (solution of betrothal or marriage and their consequences on a personal and property level, as well as relations between parents and children with disputed paternity). Along with the lega ...
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