Carolina
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Carolina is a landmark 16th-century criminal code of the Holy Roman Empire, issued under Emperor Charles V and known for systematizing criminal law and procedure in German territories.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carolina canonical | 1 |
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
criminal code
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historical legal document ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | imperial courts of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | German territories of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| authority | Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| follows | earlier territorial criminal customs ⓘ |
| hasLegalSubject |
offenses against life
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offenses against morality ⓘ offenses against property ⓘ offenses against public order ⓘ offenses against religion ⓘ |
| hasPart |
criminal procedure rules
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definitions of specific crimes ⓘ provisions on accomplices and accessories ⓘ provisions on aggravating circumstances ⓘ provisions on appeals and review ⓘ provisions on arson ⓘ provisions on attempt and completion of crimes ⓘ provisions on blasphemy ⓘ provisions on bodily injury ⓘ provisions on capital punishment ⓘ provisions on confiscation of property ⓘ provisions on corporal punishment ⓘ provisions on dishonoring punishments ⓘ provisions on examination of witnesses ⓘ provisions on fines ⓘ provisions on homicide ⓘ provisions on jurisdiction of courts ⓘ provisions on mitigating circumstances ⓘ provisions on perjury ⓘ provisions on private complaints ⓘ provisions on procedural safeguards ⓘ provisions on property crimes ⓘ provisions on public order offenses ⓘ provisions on public prosecution ⓘ provisions on robbery ⓘ provisions on role of judges ⓘ provisions on role of local authorities ⓘ provisions on sentencing and penalties ⓘ provisions on sexual offenses ⓘ provisions on theft ⓘ provisions on witchcraft and sorcery ⓘ provisions on written records of proceedings ⓘ rules on evidence ⓘ rules on proof and confession ⓘ rules on torture in criminal procedure ⓘ substantive criminal law provisions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | milestone in the codification of criminal law in Central Europe ⓘ |
| inception | 16th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of German criminal law
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early modern European criminal procedure ⓘ later German territorial criminal codes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian criminal law doctrine
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Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ canon law ⓘ |
| language |
Early New High German
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalEffect | provided a common framework for criminal justice in the empire ⓘ |
| legalStatus | imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| legalSystem | criminal law ⓘ |
| legalTradition | continental European civil law ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempt to limit arbitrary judicial discretion
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detailed regulation of criminal procedure ⓘ formalization of torture as an instrument of proof ⓘ systematic codification of crimes and punishments ⓘ |
| officialName | Constitutio Criminalis Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to systematize criminal law in the Holy Roman Empire
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to unify criminal procedure in German territories ⓘ |
| regulates |
evaluation of evidence
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execution of punishments ⓘ interrogation of suspects ⓘ investigation of crimes ⓘ pronouncement of sentences ⓘ use of torture in interrogation ⓘ |
| shortName | Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Constitutio Criminalis Carolina