Khachaturov, R.L. Genesis of legal responsibility (Part 1)

Abstract: What is the time of appearance of legal responsibility as a social thing? Most scientists used to respond that responsibility as a social issue and as a mean of social regulation appears at the same time when the very society of humans is formed. This journal presents Part 1 of the complex study of the genesis of legal responsibility, conducted by R.L. Khachaturov. The article includes detailed analysis of legal responsibility in cultures of different peoples, correlation of custom and law, revenge, criminal responsibility and capital punishment, many examples are given. For example, in a village of Gadar in the Russian Caucausus a feud, which started because of the fight over a chicken lasted for more than 200 years (!).