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Autore |
Sassoon John |
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Titolo |
Ancient laws and modern problems [[electronic resource] ] : the balance between justice and a legal system / / John Sassoon |
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Bristol, UK ; ; Portland, OR, : Intellect Books, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-47703-2 |
9781841509175 |
9786610477036 |
1-84150-917-5 |
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Edizione |
[Pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Law, Assyro-Babylonian |
Law, Sumerian |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Pages; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS; CHAPTER 1: EMERGENCE FROM PREHISTORY; CHAPTER 2: THE LAW CODES; CHAPTER 3: THE BURDEN OF PROOF; CHAPTER 4: THE CONCEPT OF PROPERTY; CHAPTER 5: THE FAMILY AS PROPERTY; CHAPTER 6: CHILDREN; CHAPTER 7: ADOPTION; CHAPTER 8: RAPE AND THE FAMILY; CHAPTER 9: WOMEN ACCORDING TO THE LAWS; CHAPTER 10: CRUELTY UNDER THE LAW; CHAPTER 11: THE HAMMURABI MYSTERY; CHAPTER 12: LAW IN THE ANCIENT WORLD; CHAPTER 13: ANCIENT LAWS AND MODERN PROBLEMS: THREE PROBLEM PRINCIPLES |
CHAPTER 14: ANCIENT LAWS AND MODERN PROBLEMS: JUSTICE AND OTHER HAZARDSLIST OF REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Sassoon's study of the written laws of four thousand years ago puts paid to the belief that the most ancient laws were merely arbitrary and tyrannical. On the contrary, the earliest legal systems honestly tried to get to the truth, do justice to individuals, and preserve civil order. They used the death penalty surprisingly seldom, and then more because society had been threatened than an individual killed. Some of the surviving law codes are originals, others near-contemporary copies. |
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