CHAPTER XXII. Bodily Injuries

BODILY INJURIES

In the case of bodily injuries the magnitude of the offence, other things being equal, proportionate to the harm inflicted, pp. 511-513.--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. 513.--Children using violence against their parents, ibid.--Parents' right to inflict corporal punishment on their children, p. 513 sq.--The husband's right to chastise his wife, pp. 514-516.--The master's right to inflict corporal punishment on his slave, p. 516 sq.--The maltreatment of another person's slave regarded as an injury done to the master, rather than to the slave, p. 517.--Slaves severely punished for inflicting bodily injuries on freemen, p. 510.--The penalties or fines for bodily injuries influenced by the class or rank of the parties when both of them are freemen, p. 518 sq.--Distinction between compatriots and aliens with reference to bodily injuries, p. 519.--The infliction of sufferings on vanquished enemies, p. 519 sq.--The right to bodily integrity influenced by religious differences, p. 520--Forfeited by the commission of a crime, p. 520 sq.--Amputation or mutilation of the offending member has particularly been in vogue among peoples of culture, p. 521 sq.--The disappearance of corporal punishment in Europe, p. 522.--Corporal punishment has been by preference a punishment for poor and common people or slaves, p. 522 sq.--The status of a person influencing his right to bodily integrity with reference to judicial torture, p. 523 sq.--Explanation of the moral notions regarding the infliction of bodily injuries, p. 524.--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. 524 sq.