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Meaning of ley del talión




Carlos Luis Wasserman Cabarrus

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The law of the talion refers to a law of the Jewish religion quoted in the Bible. In essence it says that the culprit receives as punishment the same thing that he has inflicted on the victim. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".

  



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