A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 Vols)

Volumes 1 and 2

774 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Lexika Interdisziplinäre Studien Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien
• ISBN: 9789004129955
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2003
• Größe: 247 x 170 mm
• Verlag: Brill
• Herausgegeben von: Raymond Westbrook