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Security for debt in ancient Near Eastern law

Title
Security for debt in ancient Near Eastern law / edited by Raymond Westbrook and Richard Jasnow.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Westbrook, Raymond.
  • Jasnow, Richard.
Description
vi, 360 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
Creditors have always sought the protection of the law to secure themselves against loss if the debtor cannot or will not pay the debt. This volume examines the legal instruments of security available to creditors in the earliest known legal systems, their use and abuse, and the ways in which the law sought to satisfy the differing interests of creditors, debtors, and society in general, with varying degrees of success. The book covers all the major legal systems of the ancient Near East, from Sumer to Ptolemaic Egypt, as well as comparative historical developments up to the present day. Twelve scholars have each contributed a study of their special period of expertise, while the general issues that arise from their research are discussed in a concluding chapter.
Series Statement
Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 9
Uniform Title
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 9.
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Security (Law) > Middle East > History > To 1500
  • Law, Ancient
  • 15.51 Antiquity
  • Security (Law)
  • Kreditsicherung
  • Economisch recht
  • Betalingsverkeer
  • Schuldeisers
  • Near East
  • Debts
  • Pledge
  • Collateral
  • Legal history
  • Middle East
  • Alter Orient
  • Baltimore <1999>
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / Raymond Westbrook -- Comparative historical perspectives / Edward Tomlinson -- Pre-demotic pharaonic sources / Richard Jasnow -- The Ur III Period / Piotr Steinkeller -- The Old Babylonian Period / Raymond Westbrook -- The Old Assyrian Period / Klaas Veenhof -- The Middle Assyrian Period / Kathleen Abraham -- Nuzi / Carlo Zaccagnini -- Emar / Aaron Skaist -- Israel / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- The Neo-Assyrian Period / Karen Radner -- The Neo-Babylonian Period / Joachim Oelsner -- Demotic papyri / Joseph Manning -- Conclusions / Raymond Westbrook.
ISBN
  • 9789004121249
  • 9004121242
  • 9789004497214
  • 9004497218
LCCN
2001280626
OCLC
  • ocm47712440
  • 47712440
  • SCSB-8927933
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library