§ 2. On Injury Against The Body Of The Neighbor

Preliminary Note. Injury against the body of the neighbor can be committed in many ways, e.g., by injuring his health; but especially this is done by killing him, or homicide. Homicide is the same as the killing of a neighboring man. But the neighbor can either injure the common good, and then he is an evildoer to be punished, or cause great bodily injury to a private person, and then he is an aggressor to be repelled, or finally be altogether innocent. Therefore we shall treat 1. of the killing of an evildoer, 2. of the killing of an aggressor, where there will also be discussion 3. of dueling and 4. of war, and finally 5. of the killing of an innocent person, where there will also be treatment 6. of craniotomy and 7. of abortion.