A comparison of ancient Near Eastern law collections prior to the first millennium BC
The historiography of ancient Near Eastern law -- The comparative method -- Sources -- Overview -- Form -- Framing -- Nature, funciton and purpose -- Role of judge and king -- Marriage and divorce -- Property and inheritance -- Real Estate -- Inheritance -- Adoption -- Contract -- Loans -- Distraint...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
2013
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Schriftenreihe: | Gorgias studies in the Ancient Near East
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Zusammenfassung: | The historiography of ancient Near Eastern law -- The comparative method -- Sources -- Overview -- Form -- Framing -- Nature, funciton and purpose -- Role of judge and king -- Marriage and divorce -- Property and inheritance -- Real Estate -- Inheritance -- Adoption -- Contract -- Loans -- Distraint -- Deposit and safekeeping -- Breach of contract -- Crime and delict -- Theft -- Kidnap -- Sex laws -- False accusation -- Sorcery -- Murder -- Personal injury -- Negligence causing loss of or damage to property -- Penalties -- Corporal -- Capital -- Talionic, vicarious and equivalent -- Diachronic analysis of HL -- Was there a common legal culture and/or widespread borrowing? -- Systematic differences and their explanation -- Reflections on the nature, function, and purpose of the collections -- Implications for further research. |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index |
Beschreibung: | xi, 283 Seiten 23cm |
ISBN: | 9781593332211 978-1-59333-221-1 |