Published: 2019-09-17

Some remarks on the concept of domum vi introire under Sullan Lex Cornelia de iniuriis

Dobromiła Nowicka
The Opole Studies in Administration and Law
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1201

Abstract

The article concerns the matter of domum vi introire – a violent intrusion into someone’s house, introduced into Roman Law by Cornelian law de iniuriis in 81 BC. The issue is analysed in the socio-political context of introduction of this regulation aimed to define its ratio legis as strictly connected to the goal of providing peace and safety in the city, and, by this means, establishing the new order. However, the conduct of domum vi introire was considered as closely related to the dignity of an individual from the very beginning, and as such complying with the concept of iniuria created within the praetorian edicts. It is exactly this feature that enabled the evolution of perception of this conduct in the direction of the contemporary concept of trespass.

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Nowicka, D. (2019). Some remarks on the concept of domum vi introire under Sullan Lex Cornelia de iniuriis. The Opole Studies in Administration and Law, 16(4 (1), 9–27. https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1201

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