The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)

The paper deals with the regulation of demographic processes in the legal systems of Ancient Babylon, India, and China. Special emphasis has been placed on the legislation of Ancient Rome. Special legislative acts of the Roman state issued for regulation of the demographic situation in the Roman soc...

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Main Author: Yu.M. Lukin
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Published: Kazan Federal University 2019-02-01
Series:Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
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description The paper deals with the regulation of demographic processes in the legal systems of Ancient Babylon, India, and China. Special emphasis has been placed on the legislation of Ancient Rome. Special legislative acts of the Roman state issued for regulation of the demographic situation in the Roman society have been analyzed. It has been revealed that the increase and decrease of population of the Roman state was associated with the provisions of Roman laws in the sphere of family relations and birth giving. The legislation of Augustus was a period of initial development of the legislation on family and social legislation. It contained the following regulations: “Law on Adultery” (Lex deadulteriis), “Law on Expenses for Luxury” (Lex sumptuaria), and Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea, all developed in the 18 century BC. It has been concluded that these regulations turned out to be the first vivid example of an attempt to legislatively influence the quantitative and qualitative composition of the population. They were aimed not only at increasing the population size, but also at stimulating the growth of certain social groups whose quantitative enlargement was beneficial for the central Roman authorities.
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spelling doaj-art-a86ee4f1ee384d3d8c4f45978fcdde7b2025-08-20T02:56:27ZengKazan Federal UniversityУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки2541-77382500-21712019-02-011611415110.26907/2541-7738.2019.1.41-51The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)Yu.M. Lukin0Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008 RussiaThe paper deals with the regulation of demographic processes in the legal systems of Ancient Babylon, India, and China. Special emphasis has been placed on the legislation of Ancient Rome. Special legislative acts of the Roman state issued for regulation of the demographic situation in the Roman society have been analyzed. It has been revealed that the increase and decrease of population of the Roman state was associated with the provisions of Roman laws in the sphere of family relations and birth giving. The legislation of Augustus was a period of initial development of the legislation on family and social legislation. It contained the following regulations: “Law on Adultery” (Lex deadulteriis), “Law on Expenses for Luxury” (Lex sumptuaria), and Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea, all developed in the 18 century BC. It has been concluded that these regulations turned out to be the first vivid example of an attempt to legislatively influence the quantitative and qualitative composition of the population. They were aimed not only at increasing the population size, but also at stimulating the growth of certain social groups whose quantitative enlargement was beneficial for the central Roman authorities.https://kpfu.ru/uz-eng-hum-2019-1-4.htmllegal regulation of birth givingancient indiaancient babylonancient chinaancient romelex julia et papia poppaea
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The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
legal regulation of birth giving
ancient india
ancient babylon
ancient china
ancient rome
lex julia et papia poppaea
title The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
title_full The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
title_fullStr The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
title_full_unstemmed The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
title_short The legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations (using the example of Roman marriage and family law)
title_sort legal impact on demographic processes in ancient legislations using the example of roman marriage and family law
topic legal regulation of birth giving
ancient india
ancient babylon
ancient china
ancient rome
lex julia et papia poppaea
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