نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 استادیار گروه حقوق جزا و جرمشناسی، دانشکده حقوق و علوم سیاسی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، مشهد، ایران.
2 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد حقوق جزا و جرمشناسی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، مشهد، ایران.
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نویسندگان [English]
Prior to jury being responsible of weighing the accusation, inquisitorial system being dominated in proceeding and bureaucratic judges rule sentence, European countries used compurgation, ordeal and judicial duel to evaluate evidence in law suits. The compurgation mechanism privileged the accused to be acquitted from the charge in some cases by providing a certain number of his oath-helpers in the court and their oath to his integrity. In the grave matters or failure of the accused to provide oath-helpers, the Europeans used to try to discover the god’s will in order to settle the case. Finally in some cases, a judicial duel between plaintiff and defendant would determined the fate of the case. Law professors and historians have always looked down on medieval proofs and considered them as a symbol of criminal barbarism. In this research, the authors, by distancing themselves from the common views about these evidences, have tried to reveal their hidden functions through a sociological framework; ranging from settling the case to maintaining social solidarity and running the judicial system.
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