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Author : Henry Sumner Maine
Release : 1906
Genre : Anthropology
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Book Synopsis Ancient Law by : Henry Sumner Maine
Download or read book Ancient Law written by Henry Sumner Maine. This book was released on 1906. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raymond Westbrook
Release : 2003-08-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 vols) by : Raymond Westbrook
Download or read book A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 vols) written by Raymond Westbrook. This book was released on 2003-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law.
Author : Russ VerSteeg
Release : 2002
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Law in the Ancient World by : Russ VerSteeg
Download or read book Law in the Ancient World written by Russ VerSteeg. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law in the Ancient World examines the legal philosophy, legal institutions, and laws of the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Ancient documents, accounts, and literature provide the basis for a wide perspective of law and the procedural features of these ancient legal systems. VerSteeg delineates and analyzes the elements of ancient laws, explaining how social, religious, cultural, and political forces shaped both procedure and substance. The book is comprised of four units: I. Early Mesopotamian Law; II. Law in Ancient Egypt; III. Law in Classical Athens; and IV. Roman Law. Each unit has three chapters, and the first chapter in each unit begins with an overview which provides essential historial background. Next, each initial chapter considers the role of law in society, exploring law in the abstract, the theoretical bases of justice. The middle chapters in each unit trace the development of the ancient judicial systems, distinguishing the various types of judges, courts, and procedures that were employed to make justice available to both citizens and foreigners. The third chapter in each unit reconstructs the substantive laws, including sections detailing Personal Status, Property, Family Law, Inheritance & Succession, Torts, Criminal Law, and Contracts & Commercial Law. A variety of sources, such as early law collections, land records, wills, sales documents, court chronicles, works of ancient literature, accounts of ancient trials, and great codes such as Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis illustrate the sophisticated, often subtle, and complex nature of law in the ancient world.
Author : Sir Henry James Sumner MAINE
Release : 1861
Genre : Comparative law
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Book Synopsis Ancient Law by : Sir Henry James Sumner MAINE
Download or read book Ancient Law written by Sir Henry James Sumner MAINE. This book was released on 1861. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Johnston
Release : 1999-09-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Roman Law in Context by : David Johnston
Download or read book Roman Law in Context written by David Johnston. This book was released on 1999-09-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Law in Context explains how Roman law worked for those who lived by it, by viewing it in the light of the society and economy in which it operated. The book discusses three main areas of Roman law and life: the family and inheritance; property and the use of land; commercial transactions and the management of businesses. It also deals with the question of litigation and how readily the Roman citizen could assert his or her legal rights in practice. In addition it provides an introduction to using the main sources of Roman law. The book ends with an epilogue discussing the role of Roman law in medieval and modern Europe, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary of legal terms. The book involves the minimum of legal technicality and is intended to be accessible to students and teachers of Roman history as well as interested general readers.
