A Short History of Women's Rights - From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference - to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With - Additions. by Eugene A. Hecker
page 49 of 307 (15%)
page 49 of 307 (15%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
[77] Paulus, ii, xxiii, 1. [78] Cf. Paulus, ii, xxiii, 2. [79] Paulus in Dig., 25, 2, 1. Codex, v, 21, 2. [80] Gaius in Dig., 25, 2, 2. [81] Paulus in Dig., 25, 2, 3. [82] Ulpian in Dig., 47, 2, 52. The respect shown for family relations may be seen also from the fact that a son could _complain--de facto matris queri_--if he believed that his mother had brought in supposititious offspring to defraud him of some of his inheritance; but he was strictly forbidden to bring her into court with a public and criminal action--Macer in Dig., 48, 2, 11: _sed ream eam lege Cornelia facere permissum ei non est_. [83] Ulpian in Dig., 48, 14, 27. [84] Ulpian in Dig., 48, 5, 14 (13): Iudex adulterii ante oculos habere debet et inquirere, an maritus pudice vivens mulieri quoque bonos mores colendi auctor fuerit periniquum enim videtur esse, ut pudicitiam vir ab uxore exigat, quam ipse non exhibeat. Cf. Seneca, _Ep_., 94: Scis improbum esse qui ab uxore pudicitiam exigit, ipse alienarum corruptor uxorum. Scis ut illi nil cum adultero, sic nihil tibi esse debere cum pellice. Antoninus Pius gave a husband a bill for adultery against his wife "Provided it is established that by your life you give her an example of fidelity. It would be unjust that a husband should demand a |
|