03217oam 22005774a 450 991080955740332120210902032136.01-64602-024-31-64602-026-X10.1515/9781646020263(CKB)4100000010079792(MiAaPQ)EBC6224815(OCoLC)1143218494(MdBmJHUP)muse82770(DE-B1597)584439(DE-B1597)9781646020263(OCoLC)1262307519(EXLCZ)99410000001007979220190711d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFault, Responsibility, and Administrative Law in Late Babylonian Legal Textsby F. Rachel Magdalene, Bruce Wells, Cornelia Wunsch ; with contributions from E. Frahm, G. Frame, K. Kleber, and C. WaerzeggersUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :Eisenbrauns,[2019]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2021©[2019]1 online resource (xxi, 720 pages)Mesopotamian civilizations1-57506-990-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-584) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --List of Texts --List of Tables --List of Abbreviations --Part I: Analysis --Chapter One. Introduction --Chapter Two. The ḫīṭu-Clause and Its Interpretation --Chapter Three. The ḫīṭu-Documents and the Duties behind Them --Chapter Four. The ḫīṭu-Documents from Non-Judicial Contexts --Chapter Five. The ḫīṭu-Documents from Judicial Contexts --Chapter Six. On History and Theory: Administrative Law and Bureaucracy in Ancient Times --Chapter Seven. Quasi-Bureaucracy and Administrative Law in the Late Babylonian Period --Part II: Texts --Text Editions with Copies --Text Editions without Copies --Abstracts of Texts in Forthcoming Publications --Bibliography --Indexes --Documents --Akkadian Words --Personal Names in Part II --Geographic Names in Part II --Divine Names in Part II --Authors --Subjects"Investigates the governmental administrative systems of the Late Babylonian period, drawing on S. N. Eisenstadt's model of historical bureaucratic empires to show that the governmental systems of this period developed an early form of administrative law"--Provided by publisher.Mesopotamian civilizations.Administrative law (Assyro-Babylonian law)Administrative lawIraqBabyloniaHistoryTo 1500BabyloniaPolitics and governmentAdministrative law (Assyro-Babylonian law)Administrative law (Assyro-Babylonian law)Administrative lawHistory342.35/06Magdalene F. Rachel1686320Wunsch CorneliaWells BruceMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910809557403321Fault, Responsibility, and Administrative Law in Late Babylonian Legal Texts4089871UNINA