INSTITUTES OF BLOOD FEUD AND ROYAL JUDGES IN PRE-CHRISTIAN ARMENIA

Abstract

The accusatory criminal procedure system was being establishing in Armenia up to the 4th century and with the adoption of Christianity it became dominant. For some crimes there still existed blood revenge. There has also been a consistent tendency towards the formation of the elements of inquisitorial system, which could have led to the predominance of inquisitorial system in as early as the 10th century. Because of the loss of independence in the 5th century, its development was suspended. Therefore, it was the accusatory process which was reflected in the Armenian Codes of Judicial Law of the subsequent period.