Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410210777)

A translation of ancient legal sources such as the Code of Hammurabi, laws relating to contracts, marriage, inheritance, slavery, property, sales, land tenure, and more will show the reader the law and the law-courts, the rights of the State, the family and the individual, and property matters as they existed, and their similarity to today's legal system. One of Johns' most substantial works, written while he was lecturer in Assyriology at Queens' College, Cambridge - with his extensive commentary accompanying his English translation.

Author: C. H. W. Johns
ISBN-10: 1410210774
ISBN-13: 9781410210777
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2004
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.16w x 1.13d