A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 Vols)

Volumes 1 and 2
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12995-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 72, 774 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 2599 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westbrook, Raymond

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Raymond Westbrook, Ph.D. (1982) in Assyriology, Yale University, is Professor of Ancient Law at the Johns Hopkins University. Also trained as a lawyer, he has published extensively on the legal systems of the ancient world, from Sumer to Rome.