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单词 talion
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talion


tal·i·on

T0024600 (tăl′ē-ən)n.1. The principle that punishment should be equivalent or identical to the offense committed.2. The imposition of such a punishment.
[Middle English talioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin tāliō, tāliōn-; see telə- in Indo-European roots.]

talion

(ˈtælɪən) n (Law) the system or legal principle of making the punishment correspond to the crime; retaliation[C15: via Old French from Latin tāliō, from tālis such]

Talion


Talion

 

the principle of retributive punishment (“an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”) that emerged as a rule of law in tribal societies and was invoked by slaveholders in ancient times. According to talion, the injury inflicted on a guilty person should equal the injury that such person committed. This notion was most vividly expressed in Hammurabi’s code, in Babylonia. It also found expression in ancient European law; some elements of talion, for example, were included in the Twelve Tables of Rome.

Talion, therefore, stemmed from a desire to limit blood feuds by allowing for the exaction of retribution equivalent to an injury done. In modern times talionic ideas have appeared in the writings of a number of philosophers, among them I. Kant and G. Hegel; in the bourgeois science of criminal law; and, preeminently, in the works of the representatives of the classical school of criminal law.

talion


tal·i·on

(tal'ē-on, tal'yŭn), The principle of retribution in intrapsychic behavior. [Welsh tal, compensation]

talion


Related to talion: Talion Law

talion

the system or legal principle of making the punishment correspond to the crime.
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