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The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is

psychosomatic illness. The Romans also supported humane treatment of the mentally ill, and in so doing, codified into law the principle of insanity as a mitigation

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of Babylonian law. Only fragments of the early criminal laws of Ancient Greece have survived, e.g. those of Solon and Draco. In Roman law, Gaius's Commentaries

following millennia. The Romans systematized law and applied their system across the Roman Empire. The initial rules of Roman law regarded assaults as a

rights and protections, improving their status relative to Greek and Roman law, and restricted the scenarios under which people could be enslaved. However

Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516

intellect and even "mental disorders and insanity". Immanuel Kant regarded masturbation as a violation of the moral law. In the Metaphysics of Morals (1797)

Family Law (Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 49. Dixon, The Roman Family, pp. 86–88. Beryl Rawson, "Finding Roman Women," in A Companion to the Roman Republic

Commodus (/ˈkɒmədəs/; Latin: [ˈkɔmmɔdʊs]; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father