A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity
By (Author) Professor Emanuele Conte
Edited by Laurent Mayali
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
11th March 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
340.53
Physical Properties
Hardback
216
Width 169mm, Height 244mm
560g
Description
How should we talk about the law in a period so remote from our own and covering such a huge span of time and space From the Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1750 BCE) to Justinians Corpus Iuris Civilis (529-534 CE), A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity draws upon legal texts and non-textual forms (such as vase-painting, sculpture, and architecture) to uncover the diverse and rich legal traditions of societies ranging from the Ancient Near Eastern cities of Assyria and Babylon in Mesopotamia to the Ancient Israelites, and from Ancient Greece to Rome of the Archaic and Classical Periods. With a wealth of textual and visual sources, A Cultural History of Law in Antiquity presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the period on the themes of justice, constitution, codes, agreements, arguments, property and possession, wrongs, and the legal profession.
Author Bio
Julen Etxabe is Associate Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada.
