A history of ancient Near Eastern law / 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...

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Superior document:Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, v. 72 = Handbuch der Orientalistik
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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material / RAYMOND WESTBROOK
  • INTRODUCTION: THE CHARACTER OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LAW / Raymond Westbrook
  • EGYPT: OLD KINGDOM AND FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow
  • MESOPOTAMIA: EARLY DYNASTIC AND SARGONIC PERIODS / Claus Wilcke
  • MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-SUMERIAN PERIOD (UR III) / Bertrand Lafont and Raymond Westbrook
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EBLA / Amalia Catagnoti
  • INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM / Jerrold Cooper
  • EGYPT: MIDDLE KINGDOM AND SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow
  • EGYPT: NEW KINGDOM / Richard Jasnow
  • MESOPOTAMIA: OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Raymond Westbrook
  • MESOPOTAMIA: OLD ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Klaas R. Veenhof
  • MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Kathryn Slanski
  • MESOPOTAMIA: MIDDLE ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Sophie Lafont
  • MESOPOTAMIA: NUZI / Carlo Zaccagnini
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: THE HITTITE KINGDOM / Richard Haase
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: EMAR AND VICINITY / Raymond Westbrook
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ALALAKH / Ignacio Márquez Rowe
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: UGARIT / Ignacio Márquez Rowe
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: CANAAN / Ignacio Márquez Rowe
  • INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: MIDDLE BRONZE AGE / Jesper Eidem
  • INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM: LATE BRONZE AGE / Gary Beckman
  • Preliminary material / RAYMOND WESTBROOK
  • EGYPT: THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD / Richard Jasnow
  • EGYPT: DEMOTIC LAW / Joseph G. Manning
  • EGYPT: ELEPHANTINE / Bezalel Porten
  • MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-ASSYRIAN PERIOD / Karen Radner
  • MESOPOTAMIA: NEO-BABYLONIAN PERIOD / Joachim Oelsner , Bruce Wells and Cornelia Wunsch
  • ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT: ISRAEL / Tikva Frymer-Kenski
  • INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM / Simo Parpola
  • INDICES / RAYMOND WESTBROOK
  • INDEX OF ANCIENT TERMS / RAYMOND WESTBROOK
  • INDEX OF TEXTS CITED / RAYMOND WESTBROOK.