The Body Legal in Barbarian Law /

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By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliver, Lisi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Verletzung
Rechtsstreit
Naturrecht
Körperverletzung
Personal injuries.
Law, Germanic.
Human body > Law and legislation.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Lesions et blessures.
Vie > Aspect economique.
Medecine medievale.
Coût de la maladie.
Droit germanique > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Corps humain > Droit > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Dommage corporel > Europe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Wounds and Injuries
Violence > legislation & jurisprudence
Value of Life
History, Medieval
Cost of Illness
Compensation and Redress > legislation & jurisprudence
Accidents > legislation & jurisprudence
Wounds and injuries.
Medicine, Medieval.
Law, Germanic > History > To 1500.
Human body > Law and legislation > Europe > History > To 1500.
Personal injuries > Europe > History > To 1500.
Germanien
Europe.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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