Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina)
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Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) was a 1532 criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V that standardized criminal law and procedure, including regulations on witchcraft prosecutions, across much of German-speaking Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolina (Constitutio Criminalis Carolina) canonical | 2 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal code
ⓘ
early modern legal text ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| aim |
restriction of arbitrary judicial practices
ⓘ
standardization of criminal law in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ unification of criminal procedure ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| appliesToRegion |
Central Europe
ⓘ
German-speaking Europe ⓘ |
| containsRegulationOn |
appeal procedures
ⓘ
competence of courts ⓘ confession as queen of proofs ⓘ rules of evidence ⓘ use of torture in criminal investigations ⓘ witchcraft and sorcery ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfEnactment | 1532 ⓘ |
| follows |
Sachsenspiegel
ⓘ
Schwabenspiegel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Carolina
ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form:
Peinliche Gerichtsordnung Kaiser Karls V.
|
| hasPart |
provisions on blasphemy
ⓘ
provisions on bodily injury ⓘ provisions on high treason ⓘ provisions on infanticide ⓘ provisions on robbery ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern European criminal law
ⓘ
later German territorial criminal codes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian criminal law traditions
ⓘ
canon law ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 18th century in many German territories ⓘ |
| language |
Early New High German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
nulla poena sine lege (no punishment without law)
ⓘ
requirement of proof or strong suspicion before torture ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
imperial law
ⓘ
subsidiary law in territorial courts ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| placeOfEnactment |
Perpetual Diet of Regensburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Diet of Regensburg
|
| promulgatedBy | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| reignOf | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| subject |
arson law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ homicide law ⓘ perjury ⓘ procedural safeguards ⓘ sexual offenses ⓘ theft law ⓘ torture regulation ⓘ witchcraft prosecution ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.