Eight Prohibitions

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The Eight Prohibitions were an early legal code of ancient Korea’s Gojoseon kingdom, outlining fundamental criminal laws and punishments that influenced later Korean legal traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gojoseon law
ancient legal code
criminal law code
appliesTo Gojoseon society NERFINISHED
country Gojoseon NERFINISHED
culturalContext ancient Korean society
degreeOfPreservation partially preserved
enforcedBy Gojoseon ruling authorities
goal prevention of serious crimes
protection of ruling authority
regulation of basic social behavior
historicalInfluence foundation for codified law in later Korean states
historicalStatus earliest known Korean criminal code
inception ancient period of Gojoseon
influenced Baekje law NERFINISHED
Goguryeo law NERFINISHED
Goryeo law
Joseon law
Silla law
later Korean legal codes
knownFrom Chinese historical texts
language Old Korean NERFINISHED
legalCulture early East Asian legal tradition
legalDomain criminal law
legalPhilosophy emphasis on deterrence
maintenance of social harmony
legalSystem Korean legal tradition
legalTradition Confucian-influenced law
mainSubject protection of life
protection of property
respect for hierarchy
sexual morality
social order
numberOfArticles 8
prohibitedAct adultery
disruption of public order
injury to others
murder
theft
violation of social hierarchy
punishmentType confiscation of property
corporal punishment
death penalty
region Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
sourceOfInformation later historical records
typeOfNorm state-imposed law

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Gojoseon legalCode Eight Prohibitions