حقوق المرأة في القانون البيزنطي : دراسة تاريخية

Abstract EN

Rights of women in human societies have always been controversy, especially in government circles and among legal men.

The Byzantine society, which drew most of its laws from ancient Roman.

Roman law approved many Legal paragraphs that concern women.

Including the recovery of her dowry, second marriage, inheritance and other rights.

We choose this study because this matter important issues In ancient and modern societies.

To achieve the objectives of this study, by a close reading of legal sources issued by the Roman emperors.

Including the Justinian laws, Theodosius, Ecology and others.

During the study, we found that women in Byzantine society were not fully competent to carry out her work.

She had to have a guardian who would carry out these acts on her behalf.

Also, could not work in the judiciary? Besides, the woman not accepted as a witness in the court or as a witness to a will.

Likewise, some other texts came to grant women some rights such as her right to recover her dowry if he divorces her, and her right to inherit from her father or husband.

The laws imposed many restrictions on these Legal paragraphs.

This shows the prevalence of many harmful behaviors, such as deceiving women in legal matters, kidnapping them to marry her or took her money, and laws came to end such negatives in Byzantine society.