A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 Vols): Volumes 1 and 2 (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004129952 ISBN 13: 9789004129955

Publisher: Brill, 2003

Synopsis

The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law.

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond Westbrook, Ph.D. (1982) in Assyriology, Yale University, is Professor of Ancient Law at the Johns Hopkins University. Also trained as a lawyer, he has published extensively on the legal systems of the ancient world, from Sumer to Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 9004129952
• ISBN 13: 9789004129955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 774
• Editor: Westbrook Raymond