Cambridge comparative history of ancient law

Caroline Humfress; David Ibbetson; Patrick Olivelle

doi:10.1017/9781009452243

Cambridge comparative history of ancient law

Caroline Humfress (Editor), David Ibbetson (Editor), Patrick Olivelle (Editor)

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The Cambridge Comparative History of Ancient Law is the first of its kind in the field of comparative ancient legal history. Written collaboratively by a dedicated team of international experts, each chapter offers a new framing and understanding of key legal concepts, practices and historical contexts across five major legal traditions of the ancient world. Stretching chronologically across more than three and a half millennia, from the earliest, very fragmentary, proto-cuneiform tablets (3200–3000 BCE) to the Tang Code of 652 CE, the volume challenges earlier comparative histories of ancient law / societies, at the same time as opening up new areas for future scholarship across a wealth of surviving ancient Near Eastern, Indian, Chinese, Greek and Roman primary source evidence. Topics covered include 'law as text', legal science, inter-polity relations, law and the state, law and religion, legal procedure, personal status and the family, crime, property and contract.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Number of pages	744
ISBN (Electronic)	9781009452243
ISBN (Print)	9781107035164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009452243
Publication status	Published - May 2024

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