The genesis of abortion legislation in ancient times and antiquity: at the origins of forensic medicine

The subject. The relevance of the topic chosen by the author of the article lies in its understudied nature in Russian historical and legal scholarship. While contemporaries may study the issue more broadly from a medical or forensic perspective, or delve deeper into legislation from the nineteenth...

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Main Author: E. M. Maleva
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Dostoevsky Omsk State University 2025-06-01
Series:Правоприменение
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Online Access:https://enforcement.omsu.ru/jour/article/view/1082
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Summary:The subject. The relevance of the topic chosen by the author of the article lies in its understudied nature in Russian historical and legal scholarship. While contemporaries may study the issue more broadly from a medical or forensic perspective, or delve deeper into legislation from the nineteenth century and Soviet periods, the author's article focuses on a specific aspect of this topic that has not been extensively explored.The purpose of this article is to examine the development of abortion legislation in relation to changes in human ideas about the world and social order, the complex structure of society, and changes in the system of inheritance in society.The research methodology is based on the fundamental principles of historical and legal knowledge: historicism and objectivity. While working with historical legal documents, the specific characteristics of law and legal thinking in the studied time period and the national legal traditions of the country were taken into consideration. Comparative legal analysis, system analysis, and interdisciplinary research methods were also employed.Main results. The article provides examples of changing attitudes towards abortion through
ISSN:2542-1514
2658-4050