Law and legal practice in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab conquest: a selection of papyrological sources in translation, with introductions and commentary

"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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Keenan, James G. (Herausgegeben von) , Manning, Joseph Gilbert (Berichterstattung) , Yiftaḥ-Firanḳo, Uri (Berichterstattung)
Dokumenttyp: Buch/Monographie
Sprache:Englisch
Altgriechisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
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Klappentext: http://scans.hebis.de/HEBCGI/show.pl?33653837_kla.pdf
Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://scans.hebis.de/HEBCGI/show.pl?33653837_toc.pdf
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Verfasserangaben:ed. by James G. Keenan, J. G. Manning, Uri Yiftach-Firanko
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  • Machine generated contents note: 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.