`` Writ of Outlawry '' contended that inhuman behaviour must result in similar inhuman punishment .
`` 316.In the common law of England , a `` '' Writ of Outlawry '' '' declared the subject to be `` '' Caput gerat lupinum '' '' ( that is , `` '' Let his be a wolf 's head '' '' ) , and it followed not only that , since the subject was no longer human , he had no legal rights , but also that he could be killed on sight as if a wolf or wild animal . ''
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