Ancient Legal Thought: Equity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud – PDF

Ancient Legal Thought: Equity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud (PDF) is a examine of what constituted legality and the function of regulation in historic societies. Investigating and evaluating authorized considering and authorized codes of the historic societies of Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Egypt, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and of the historic Rabbis, this quantity examines how individuals in the previous used regulation to create steady societies. Starting with Hammurabi’s Code, this quantity additionally analyzes the regulation of the pharaohs and the codes of the historic rabbis and of the Roman Emperor Justinian. Focusing on the key ideas of justice humaneness and fairness, the standing of slaves and ladies, and the concept of criminality and of battle and peace; no different ebook makes an attempt to study such numerous authorized programs and authorized considering from the historic world.

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