Law, politics and society in the ancient Mediterranean world
By: edited by Baruch Halpern and Deborah W. Hobson.
Contributors: Halpern, Baruch; Hobson, Deborah W.
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press; Sheffield
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Sheffield, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Law, Ancient; Mediterranean Region -- Civilization; Mediterranean Region -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Social problems and policies in the Ancient Near East / Reuven Yaron; title: Some Late Bronze Age legal tablets from the British Museum / Maynard P. Maidman; title: The role of law in early Israelite society / Robert P. Wilson; title: Agnatic kinship in Athenian law and Athenian family practice / Virginia J. Hunter; title: Some implications of Aristotle's conception of authority / Marguerite Deslauriers; title: Social status and social behaviour as criteria in judicial proceedings in the late republic / Paul R. Swarney; title: Instrumenta imperii: law and imperialism in Republican Rome / Jonathan Edmondson; title: The impact of law on village life in Roman Egypt / Deborah W. Hobson; title: Slavery and society in late Roman Egypt / Roger S. Bagnall; title: Palestine and Justinian's legislation on non-Christian religions / Patrick T.R. Gray; title: Truth or [pesat]? Issues in law and exegesis / Martin I. Lockshin.