Research Catalog

Title

Ex oriente lex : Near Eastern influences on Ancient Greek and Roman law / by Raymond Westbrook ; edited by Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub.

Author

Westbrook, Raymond

Publication

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lyons, Deborah, 1954-
• Raaflaub, Kurt A.

Description

xx, 264 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Law > Middle East > History
• Law, Ancient
• Roman law > Influence
• Law, Greek > Influence
• Alter Orient
• Greece
• Römisches Reich

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Westbrook among the classicists : an unending conversation / by Deborah Lyons -- Raymond Westbrook and the ends of the earth / by Sophie Démare-Lafont -- The trial scene in the Iliad -- Penelope's dowry and Odysseus' kingship -- Drakon's homicide law -- Barbarians at the gates : Near Eastern law in ancient Greece -- The nature and origins of the Twelve tables -- Restrictions on alienation of property in early Roman law -- The coherence of the Lex aquilia -- Vitae necisque potestas -- The origin of Laesio enormis -- Codification and canonization -- Reflections on the law of homicide in the ancient world -- The early history of law : a theoretical essay.

Call Number

JFE 16-1938

ISBN

• 9781421414676
• 1421414678
• 9781421414683 (canceled/invalid)
• 1421414686 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014020800

OCLC

880960113

Author

Westbrook, Raymond, author.

Title

Ex oriente lex : Near Eastern influences on Ancient Greek and Roman law / by Raymond Westbrook ; edited by Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub.

Publisher

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Lyons, Deborah, 1954- editor.

Raaflaub, Kurt A., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-1938