Bodily Injuries

Chapter XXII

In the case of bodily injuries the magnitude of the offence, other things being equal, proportionate to the harm inflicted, pp. –513.—The degree of the offence also depends on the station of the parties concerned, and in some cases the infliction of pain held allowable or even a duty, p. .—Children using violence against their parents, ibid.—Parents’ right to inflict corporal punishment on their children, p. sq.—The husband’s right to chastise his wife, pp. –516.—The master’s right to inflict corporal punishment on his slave, p. sq.—The maltreatment of another person’s slave regarded as an injury done to the master, rather than to the slave, p. .—Slaves severely punished for inflicting bodily injuries on freemen, p. .—The penalties or fines for bodily injuries influenced by the class or rank of the parties when both of them are freemen, p. sq.—Distinction between compatriots and aliens with reference to bodily injuries, p. .—The infliction of sufferings on vanquished enemies, p. sq.—The right to bodily integrity influenced by religious differences, p. —Forfeited by the commission of a crime, p. sq.—Amputation or mutilation of the offending member has particularly been in vogue among peoples of culture, p. sq.—The disappearance of corporal punishment in Europe, p. .—Corporal punishment has been by preference a punishment for poor and common people or slaves, p. sq.—The status of a person influencing his right to bodily integrity with reference to judicial torture, p. sq.—Explanation of the moral notions regarding the infliction of bodily injuries, p. .—The notions that an act of bodily violence involves a gross insult, and that corporal punishment disgraces the criminal more than any other form of penalty, p. sq.