03021nam 2200625Ia 450 991082694880332120230617005028.01-280-47703-2978184150917597866104770361-84150-917-5(CKB)1000000000338319(EBL)282990(OCoLC)476029079(SSID)ssj0000103305(PQKBManifestationID)11121899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103305(PQKBWorkID)10060585(PQKB)11164269(MiAaPQ)EBC282990(Au-PeEL)EBL282990(CaPaEBR)ebr10084582(CaONFJC)MIL47703(OCoLC)935262928(EXLCZ)99100000000033831920051130d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient laws and modern problems the balance between justice and a legal system /John SassoonPbk. ed.Bristol, UK ;Portland, OR Intellect Books20051 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-123-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212) and index.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 PRINCIPLESCHAPTER 14: ANCIENT LAWS AND MODERN PROBLEMS: JUSTICE AND OTHER HAZARDSLIST OF REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXJohn 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. Together they preserve a partial but vivid picture of life in the early cites. This occupies more than hLaw, Assyro-BabylonianLaw, SumerianLaw, Assyro-Babylonian.Law, Sumerian.340.53340.535Sassoon John1692487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826948803321Ancient laws and modern problems4069615UNINA