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The body legal in barbarian law /

"The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oliver, Lisi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011
Colección:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Barbarian Laws in Context
  • Process and Procedure
  • The Head
  • Torso, Arms and Legs
  • Hands and Feet
  • Insult and Injury
  • Assaults against Women
  • Assaults According to Rank (Nobles and King's Servants, Freedmen, Slaves, Clerics, Foreigners)
  • Summary: a Review of What Personal Injury Tariffs Have Told Us about Transmission of Law.