The Body Legal in Barbarian Law /
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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2011
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.