The Laws of Eshnunna
| Author | : Reuven Yaron |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Cuneiform inscriptions |
| ISBN | : |
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The Laws of Eshnunna
| Author | : Reuven Yaron |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9789004085343 |
The first edition of Yaron's Laws of Eshunna was published in 1969. The second revised edition is in many respects a new book. New material - from Tell Haddad, Ishcali, also from remote Elba - granted new insights. Increased attention was paid to comparison, especially with the Code of Hammurabi. Of continuing controversies, the discussion concerning muskenum, and concerning ÷imdat sarrim may be singled out. A reconsideration of the English translation has resulted in many often, minute changes.
The Code of Hammurabi
| Author | : Hammurabi |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2017-07-20 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781973773627 |
The Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script. One of the first written codes of law in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over eight feet tall (2.4 meters) that was found in 1901.
Women, Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society
| Author | : Elisabeth Meier Tetlow |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2004-12-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780826416285 |
Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civilizations. Throughout history women have been affected by crime both as victims and as offenders. Yet, in the ancient world customary laws were created by men, formal laws were written by men, and both were interpreted and enforced by men.
Early Mesopotamian Law
| Author | : Russ VerSteeg |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
This book synthesizes law in ancient Mesopotamia from its beginnings (roughly 3000 BC) to about 1600 BC. Author Russ VerSteeg explains Mesopotamian law using modern legal categories as points of reference in order to make the subject more accessible to the reader. Early Mesopotamian Law is the first book of its kind, filling a void of information left by most ancient law books, which discuss the law of Ancient Greece and Rome. It brings together information from many books on Mesopotamian history; translations of ancient law collections and documents; as well as monographs, journal articles, and unpublished papers dealing with specialized aspects of Mesopotamian law. This book will be of interest to scholars of Near Eastern studies who wish to have a single volume covering the basics of early Mesopotamian law as well as to law students and lawyers who are interested in legal history. Topics covered include: Part 1: Overview, Justice, Organization and Procedure -- the law collections ("codes"); justice and jurisprudence (the role of law); legal organization and personnel and legal procedure; Part 2: Substantive Law -- personal status; the family; inheritance and succession; criminal law; torts; property; and trade, contracts and business law.
Theory and Method in Biblical and Cuneiform Law
| Author | : Bernard M. Levinson |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 1994-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567353214 |
The essays in this volume focus on two crucial topics that have been given short shrift in the contemporary debate on the composition and formation of the Pentateuch: (1) biblical law, and the development of Israelite legal institutions; (2) the significance of ancient Near Eastern law for developing a proper model for the composition and editorial history of the Pentateuch. To correct the imbalance, the focus of this volume is on whether the biblical and cuneiform legal corpora underwent a process of literary revision and interpolation that reflects legal, social, and theological development. If so, what is the nature of this development and the evidence for it? If not, how are the textual phenomena otherwise to be explained? The contributors are Raymond Westbrook, Bernard M. Levinson, Samuel Greengus, Martin Buss, Sophie Lafont, Victor H. Matthews, William Morrow, Dale Patrick, and Eckart Otto. The volume will be of interest to students and specialists in biblical law, pentateuchal studies, and comparative legal history.
Ancient Legal Thought
| Author | : Larry May |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019-07-31 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9781108484107 |
"Nearly four thousand years ago, kings in various ancient societies, especially in Mesopotamia (contemporary Iraq), faced a crisis of major proportions. Large portions of the population were horribly in debt, many being forced to sell themselves or their children into slavery to pay off their debts. The laws and customs seemed to support the commercial practices that allowed lenders to charge 20%-30% interest, and the law protected the lenders and gave no recourse for the indebted. Strict justice called for the creditors to receive what they were due. But another legal concept, the emerging idea of equity, seemed to call for a different result - the use of law as a vehicle to free people from economic oppression. Debt relief edicts were instituted - "clean-slate laws" as they were known - and are of obvious relevance today as well where crushing debt is a major issue underlying social inequality"--
A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 vols)
| Author | : Raymond Westbrook |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1235 |
| Release | : 2003-08-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 904740209X |
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.
The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses
| Author | : William Walter Davies |
| Publisher | : Book Jungle |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 1905 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : |
The discovery of the Hammurabi Code is one of the greatest achievements of archaeology, and is of paramount interest, not only to the student of the Bible, but also to all those interested in ancient history.
