Primitive law past and present
This book is a study of the beginnings of law and the 'primitive' stages of its development, from the first rudimentary rules of conduct to the codes of the legal systems. Its scope extends to both cultures and legal systems from the ancient and medieval past: those of the Babylonians and Assyrians, Hittites, Hebrews, Romans, Hindus, English and other German peoples, and those of Africa, Australia and America. Correlating early economic and legal development, the book illustrates how laws chang…
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- Full title :Primitive law past and present / A.S. Diamond.
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This book is a study of the beginnings of law and the 'primitive' stages of its development, from the first rudimentary rules of conduct to the codes of the legal systems. Its scope extends to both cultures and legal systems from the ancient and medieval past: those of the Babylonians and Assyrians, Hittites, Hebrews, Romans, Hindus, English and other German peoples, and those of Africa, Australia and America. Correlating early economic and legal development, the book illustrates how laws change with the development of material culture. Originally published in 1971.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
Notes
"First published in 1971. Reprinted in 2004 by Routledge"--T.page verso
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (441 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781315017976, 1315017970, 0415866669, 9780415866668, 1136549498, 9781136549496
- DOI:10.4324/9781315017976
- oclc:ocn868972357
- LC Classification:K190
- Dewey Decimal:441
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The legal legacy of the past -- 3. The legal legacy of the past (continued) -- 4. The earliest literature and the codes -- 5. The early codes of the past : barbarism -- 6. The central codes of the past : early civilization -- 7. The late codes of the past : the flowering civilization -- 8. The late codes of the past (continued) -- 9. The early law of India -- 10. The Roman twelve tables -- 11. The law of the Hebrews -- 12. The Hebrew code -- 13. The food gatherers -- 14. Early hunters, agriculturists and pastoralists -- 15. Agriculturists, hunters and pastoralists of the second grade -- 16. Cattle keepers : the third agricultural grade, first stage -- 17. Cattle keepers : the law -- 18. Cattle keepers : crimes and civil injuries -- 19. The recent peoples of the early codes : third agricultural grade, second stage -- 20. The recent peoples of the early codes : the law -- 21. Trial by ordeal in the early codes -- 22. The recent peoples of the central codes : third agricultural grade, third stage -- 23. The recent peoples of the central codes : feudalism -- 24. The recent peoples of the central codes : the law -- 25. The recent peoples of the late codes -- 26. T…
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