A history of ancient Near Eastern law / / edited by Raymond Westbrook ; editorial board, Gary Beckman ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, v. 72 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
• TeilnehmendeR: Westbrook, Raymond.; Beckman, Gary M.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 72. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1229 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; INTRODUCTION: THE CHARACTER OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LAW /; EGYPT: OLD KINGDOM AND FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: EARLY DYNASTIC AND SARGONIC PERIODS /; MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-SUMERIAN PERIOD (UR III) /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EBLA /; INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM /; EGYPT: MIDDLE KINGDOM AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD /; EGYPT: NEW KINGDOM /; MESOPOTAMIA: OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: OLD ASSYRIAN PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE BABYLONIAN PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE ASSYRIAN PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: NUZI /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: THE HITTITE KINGDOM /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EMAR AND VICINITY /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ALALAKH /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: UGARIT /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: CANAAN /; INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: MIDDLE BRONZE AGE /; INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: LATE BRONZE AGE /; EGYPT: THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD /; EGYPT: DEMOTIC LAW /; EGYPT: ELEPHANTINE /; MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-ASSYRIAN PERIOD /; MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIOD /; ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ISRAEL /; INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM /; INDICES /; INDEX OF ANCIENT TERMS /; INDEX OF TEXTS CITED /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1280467355; 9786610467358; 1417502223; 904740209X
• ISSN: 0169-9423
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raymond Westbrook ; editorial board, Gary Beckman ... [et al.].

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.