The system of punishments in the Ancient Rome

Abstract

The need to define the highest limit of criminal and legal impact on the criminal setting "ladder" of punishments in society defines the relevance of the studied problem. The purpose of the paper is to analyze and give the characteristic of the system of punishments in the Ancient Rome for crimes of public and private character. The leading research method is the system-structural method. The author studies the system of punishments in the Ancient Rome and concludes that it was applied according to the principle of justice, which was understood specifically in relation to living conditions of the antique society. The materials of the paper can be useful to scientists studying the Roman right, to students studying law and masters of law.