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ЗНАЧЕЊЕ РИЈЕЧИ „INIURIA“ У КОНТЕКСТУ ДЕЛИКТА „DAMNUM INIURIA DATUM“
The meaning of the word „iniuria“ in the context of the tort „Damnum iniuria datum“

Author(s): Mirjana Bogunović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: Lex Aquilia; Iniuria; Culpa; Dolus; Damnum; Subjective theory; Objective theory

Summary/Abstract: This article represents an attempt to determine the meaning of the word iniuria in the context of the civil tort „ Damnum iniuria datum“ and to delineate its significance compared to specific civil tort called „ Iniuria“. Iniuria itself means a harmful action done occidere, urere, frangere, rumpere, which makes it a tort action. The question that inevitably arises is „ Did iniuria in the time of enactment of lex Aquilia mean subjective relation of the perpetrator to the harmful act or just an objective presumption of breaking down the ius civile and bonos mores? The nature and the meaning of iniuria have long been discussed in the theory of Roman Law and there are many theses about this subject, but a unified position has yet not been adopted. The actual evolutionary development of iniuria and numerous related theories do not coincide in certain aspects.

  • Issue Year: LXIII/2012
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 425-442
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian