 Silver Coin of Rhodes 200 BC Head of Helios |
45. Paulus. On Sabinus, Book X
Where
parties commit damage because they could not otherwise protect
themselves, they are guiltless; for all laws and all legal systems permit
persons to repel force by force. Qui
cum aliter tueri se possent, damni culpam dederint, innoxii sunt:
vim enim vi defendere omnes leges
omnia iura permittunt.
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Lex Aquilia Dig. 9.2
4. Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book VII. Therefore, if I kill your slave who is a thief and is attacking me at the time, I shall be free from liability, "For natural reason permits a man to protect himself from danger". Itaque si servum tuum latronem insidiantem mihi occidero, securus ero: nam adversus periculum naturalis ratio permittit se defendere. |