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The term abolitionism (from lat. abolitio) refers to any system of ideas (and, possibly, a political programme and a social movement based thereon) that wants to do away with a repressive legal institution and the corresponding social practices. Therefore, the focus of abolitionism is always on | ==The term abolitionism== | ||
=== Abolitio in Roman Law === | |||
=== Les lettres d'abolition === | |||
Abolitio (from lat. abolitio) refers to any system of ideas (and, possibly, a political programme and a social movement based thereon) that wants to do away with a repressive legal institution and the corresponding social practices. Therefore, the focus of abolitionism is always on | |||
a practice which is accepted by the legal order and by the dominant moral standards | a practice which is accepted by the legal order and by the dominant moral standards | ||
but which an active minority (i.e. the abolitionists) regards as an intolerable violation of higher principles of justice and humanity, | but which an active minority (i.e. the abolitionists) regards as an intolerable violation of higher principles of justice and humanity, |