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ПОМИЛВАНЕТО В РИМСКОПРАВНАТА ТРАДИЦИЯ
PARDON IN ROMAN LEGAL TRADITION

Author(s): Iva Pushkarova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Law and Transitional Justice, Law on Economics, Canon Law / Church Law, Philosophy of Law, EU-Legislation, Sociology of Law, Maritime Law, Commercial Law, Court case, Sharia Law, Comparative Law, Administrative Law, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: clemency; pardon; absolution; abolition; conviction; penalty; decimation

Summary/Abstract: The article studies the scope of application, the legal effects and the legal and political concept of pardon as an instrument for full or partial abolition of an imposed penalty in Ancient Rome Empire focusing on both normative resources and historical evidence of the manner in which the institute has been practiced. By outlining both permanent characteristics of pardon which have survived to the present times and features which have changed together with the change-related factors, the analysis contributes to the establishment of a common understanding of the institute.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 721-741
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bulgarian