In the judicial order of criminal law of a purely accusing kind, which is still operating in medieval times, the repression of the crimen calumniaeand of the offences made by the accuser in court has always constituted a powerful deterrent against an instrumental use of the trial. The Decretumof Graziano transposes a fundamental part of the law of Giustiniano envisaged for this offence, determining, on some issues, considerable affinity in the thought of the civilists and canonists of the time. This legislation provided for the repression of the offence a purely inquisitorial procedure: the judge holding the main proceedings, in fact, once ascertained that the original accusation was unsubstantiated, could prosecute ex officiothe tort of calumniaimmediately within the same judgement. When, therefore, Innocent III will introduce the inquisitorial procedure in the canonical penal process, the exegetes of this School already knew the validity and use for the particular case of calumnia.

Nell’ordinamento giudiziario penalistico a carattere prettamente accusatorio, ancora operante in epoca medievale, la repressione del crimen calumniae costituisce un deterrente contro un’utilizzazione strumentale del processo. Il Decretum di Graziano recepisce buona parte della normativa giustinianea prevista a carico di questo reato, che prevedeva per la sua repressione un procedimento di tipo inquisitorio: il giudice titolare del processo principale, accertata l’infondatezza dell’accusa originaria, poteva perseguire ex officio l’illecito di calumnia nell’ambito del medesimo giudizio. Quando, perciò, Innocenzo III introdurrà il procedimento inquisitorio nel processo penale canonico gli esegeti di questa Scuola ne conoscevano già la vigenza e l’utilizzazione per il particolare caso della calumnia.

Ferreri, T. (2018). Crimen calumniae e procedimento ex officio nella canonistica tra XII e XIII secolo. VERGENTIS, 6, 133-160.

Crimen calumniae e procedimento ex officio nella canonistica tra XII e XIII secolo

FERRERI TIZIANA
2018-01-01

Abstract

In the judicial order of criminal law of a purely accusing kind, which is still operating in medieval times, the repression of the crimen calumniaeand of the offences made by the accuser in court has always constituted a powerful deterrent against an instrumental use of the trial. The Decretumof Graziano transposes a fundamental part of the law of Giustiniano envisaged for this offence, determining, on some issues, considerable affinity in the thought of the civilists and canonists of the time. This legislation provided for the repression of the offence a purely inquisitorial procedure: the judge holding the main proceedings, in fact, once ascertained that the original accusation was unsubstantiated, could prosecute ex officiothe tort of calumniaimmediately within the same judgement. When, therefore, Innocent III will introduce the inquisitorial procedure in the canonical penal process, the exegetes of this School already knew the validity and use for the particular case of calumnia.
2018
Ferreri, T. (2018). Crimen calumniae e procedimento ex officio nella canonistica tra XII e XIII secolo. VERGENTIS, 6, 133-160.
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