The Cambridge comparative history of ancient law / edited by Caroline Humfress, University of St Andrews, Scotland, David Ibbetson, University of Cambridge, Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas, Austin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humfress, Caroline, editor.

Ibbetson, D. J. (David J.), editor.

Olivelle, Patrick, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Ancient.

Law, Ancient--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 706 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The Cambridge Comparative History of Ancient Law is the first of its kind in the field of comparative ancient legal history. Written collaboratively by a dedicated team of international experts, each chapter offers a new framing and understanding of key legal concepts, practices and historical contexts across five major legal traditions of the ancient world. Stretching chronologically across more than three and a half millennia, from the earliest, very fragmentary, proto-cuneiform tablets (3200-3000 BCE) to the Tang Code of 652 CE, the volume challenges earlier comparative histories of ancient law / societies, at the same time as opening up new areas for future scholarship across a wealth of surviving ancient Near Eastern, Indian, Chinese, Greek and Roman primary source evidence. Topics covered include 'law as text', legal science, inter-polity relations, law and the state, law and religion, legal procedure, personal status and the family, crime, property and contract.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Contributors

Preface

1 Comparative Timeline (BCE)

2 Comparative Timeline (CE)

List of Abbreviations

Maps

1 Orientation

2 Law as Text

3 Legal Science

4 War, Peace and Interstate Relations

5 Law and the State

6 Law and Religion

7 Legal Procedure

8 Status and Family

9 Crime, Redress and Social Control

10 Property

11 Commerce and Contracts

12 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009566148

1009566148

9781009566155

1009566156

9781009452243

100945224X