Honour and /or /as Passion: Historical trajectories of legal defenses
This article provides a historical perspective in a European context on the phenomenon that has become known as honour killings. A cause of outrage and disdain in today’s (Western) societies, the notion of restoring honour through a violent act is, in fact, deeply rooted in European legal and...
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| Language: | deu |
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Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History |
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| Online Access: | http://data.rg.mpg.de/rechtsgeschichte/rg22_245frevert.pdf |