Histoire des barèmes médico-légaux en dommage corporel, partie 1 : histoire de la réparation du dommage corporel depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à l'époque moderne

The law of retaliation had been gradually abandoned in favor of the payment of a compensation. It has taken time to this evolution durably carries on, while the principle of only monetary compensation is very old (Ur-Nammu's code). Besides it is older than the Code of Hammurabi, flagship icon of retaliation. At each population its system, none of them is satisfactory. Faced with the limits of medicine, always raises the issue of how to repair an incurable injury.