Ancient Legal Thought: Equity, Justice, and Humaneness from Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud

by Larry May

This is a study of what constituted legality and the role of law in ancient societies. Investigating and comparing legal codes and legal thinking of the ancient societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and of the ancient Rabbis, this volume examines how people used law to create stable societies. Starting with Hammurabi's Code, this volume also analyzes the law of the pharaohs and the codes of the ancient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108484107
• ISBN13: 9781108484107
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 750 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.3" x 9.2"