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Author Westbrook, Raymond, author

Title Ex oriente lex : Near Eastern influences on ancient Greek and Roman law / Raymond Westbrook ; edited by Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 264 pages .)
Contents Editors' Note; Preface: Westbrook among the Classicists: An Unending Conversation, by Deborah Lyons; Introduction: Raymond Westbrook and the Ends of the Earth, by Sophie Démare-Lafont; 1 The Trial Scene in the Iliad; 2 Penelope's Dowry and Odysseus' Kingship; 3 Drakon's Homicide Law; 4 Barbarians at the Gates: Near Eastern Law in Ancient Greece; 5 The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables; 6 Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law; 7 The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia; 8 Vitae Necisque Potestas; 9 The Origin of Laesio Enormis; 10 Codification and Canonization
11 Reflections on the Law of Homicide in the Ancient World12 The Early History of Law: A Theoretical Essay; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Law -- Middle East -- History
Law, Ancient.
Roman law -- Influence.
Law, Greek -- Influence
LAW -- Essays.
LAW -- General Practice.
LAW -- Jurisprudence.
LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW -- Practical Guides.
LAW -- Reference.
Roman law -- Influence
Law
Law, Ancient
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica.
Middle East
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Lyons, Deborah, 1954- editor.
Raaflaub, Kurt A., editor
ISBN 1421414686
9781421414683