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Law and Legal Practice in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab Conquest
A Selection of Papyrological Sources in Translation, with Introductions and Commentary
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2019
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-46431-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-46431-4 (ISBN)
This book introduces the reader to the field of legal papyrology through numerous translated documents accompanied by expert but accessible scholarly commentary. Integrating Demotic and Coptic documents with those written in Greek and Latin, it will be important for scholars and advanced students of ancient history, papyrology, Egyptology, and legal and economic history.
The study of ancient law has blossomed in recent years. In English alone there have been dozens of studies devoted to classical Greek and Roman law, to the Roman legal codes, and to the legal traditions of the ancient Near East among many other topics. Legal documents written on papyrus began to be published in some abundance by the end of the nineteenth century; but even after substantial publication history, legal papyri have not received due attention from legal historians. This book blends the two usually distinct juristic scholarly traditions, classical and Egyptological, into a coherent presentation of the legal documents from Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the late Byzantine periods, all translated and accompanied by expert commentary. The volume will serve as an introduction to the rich legal sources from Egypt in the later phases of its ancient history as well as a tool to compare legal documents from other cultures.
The study of ancient law has blossomed in recent years. In English alone there have been dozens of studies devoted to classical Greek and Roman law, to the Roman legal codes, and to the legal traditions of the ancient Near East among many other topics. Legal documents written on papyrus began to be published in some abundance by the end of the nineteenth century; but even after substantial publication history, legal papyri have not received due attention from legal historians. This book blends the two usually distinct juristic scholarly traditions, classical and Egyptological, into a coherent presentation of the legal documents from Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the late Byzantine periods, all translated and accompanied by expert commentary. The volume will serve as an introduction to the rich legal sources from Egypt in the later phases of its ancient history as well as a tool to compare legal documents from other cultures.
James G. Keenan is Professor of Classical Studies at Loyola University Chicago. J. G. Manning is the Simpson Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, Connecticut. Uri Yiftach-Firanko is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1. Introduction and historical framework; 2. The historical development of the form, content and administration of legal documents; 3. The languages of law; 4. The family; 5. Capital; 6. Sale; 7. Leases; 8. Labor; 9. Slavery and dependency in Greco-Roman Egypt; 10. The judiciary system in theory and practice.
Erscheinungsdatum | 09.06.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 8 Halftones, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 960 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-108-46431-9 / 1108464319 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-46431-4 / 9781108464314 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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