The Legal Doctrine:“Things Delivered to Prostitutes Cannot Be Claimed for Return” and Its Background

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  • 「娼婦に対して交付されるものは返還請求され得ない」という法理とその背景
  • 「 ショウフ ニ タイシテ コウフ サレル モノ ワ ヘンカン セイキュウ サレエナイ 」 ト イウ ホウリ ト ソノ ハイケイ

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This paper examines a legal doctrine in Roman law and its background, namely, “things delivered to prostitutes cannot be claimed for return （D. 12, 5, 4, 3）.” In order to justify the taxation already being enforced, the jurist Ulpianus acknowledged the immorality of the customer （giver） while denying the immorality of the act of receiving payment by the prostitute（ recipient）. By so doing he confirmed prostitution as a“ necessary evil.” While there are historical sources that agree with anti-prostitution jurists by regulating prostitutes as immoral beings, there are also those that allow gifts to prostitutes and the collection of rent from the profits of brothels. This contradiction results from a conflict between morality and practicality.

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