Ancient laws and modern problems : the balance between justice and a legal system /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sassoon, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2004.
Temas:
Law, Ancient.
Domestic relations (Customary law)
Law, Sumerian.
Droit ancien.
Droit sumérien.
LAW > Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Comparative.
Law, Ancient
Law, Sumerian
Law, Assyro-Babylonian.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 HAZARDS
  • LIST OF REFERENCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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