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- Title
“LA BELLA CRIMINAL QUE MATÓ POR AMOR". JUSTICIA, HONOR FEMENINO Y ADULTERIO (CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, DÉCADA DE 1930).
- Authors
Guerra, Elisa Speckman
- Abstract
In this chapter, I discuss the case of Concetta di Leone, who in 1936 murdered her husband. The crime drew the attention of the press and led to a narrative of a novel. Her defense attorney justifies the murder for adultery committed by the spouse, arguing that she either acted in self defense of honor or considering she had killed him in a state of profound psychological disturbance caused for finding out about the betrayal. The analyses of both normative figures and the statements issued by the judges have an interesting result. The subject allows studying topics such as linking law with ideas and values, or the margin of decision of the judges and the factors influencing their decisions. In general, it allows to enter the debate on how justice should work and who it should confer – important debate at that time, because trial by jury had recently been abolished and justice determined exclusively by judges graduated in Law was the actual option. Moreover, the arguments of the actors who participated in the trial, lawyers and journalists, open the possibility of an approach to issues such as the concept of honor, women and love.
- Subjects
MEXICO; DI Leone, Concetta; MARITICIDE; SELF-defense (Law); ADULTERY; WOMEN murderers; MURDER trials; HONOR -- Social aspects; CRIMINAL law
- Publication
Historia: Questoes & Debates, 2016, Vol 64, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0100-6932
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/his.v64i1.47671