Ancient laws and modern problems : the balance between justice and a legal system / John Sassoon.

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Publication details:
London : Third Millennium, 2001.
Record id:
22895
Author:
Sassoon, John.
Subject:
Hammurabi -- (King of Babylonia)
Law, Sumerian.
Ancient law.
Law -- History.
Domestic relations -- History.
Contents:
1. Emergence from prehistory
2. The law codes
3. The burden of proof
4. The concept of property
5. The family as property
6. Children
7. Adoption
8. Rape and the family
9. Women according to the laws
10. Cruelty under the law
11. The Hammurabi mystery
12. Law in the ancient world
13. Ancient laws and modern problems : three problem principles
14. Ancient laws and modern problems : justice and other hazards.
Note:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
0953696995
Phys. description:
220 p.