Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters.
Johns, C.H.W. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1904. xxii, 424 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770220. Smyth-sewn green cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped labels on spine and front cover. New. $80. * A foundational collection of translated ancient legal sources, including the famous Code of Hammurabi. This volume compiles laws governing contracts, marriage, inheritance, slavery, property rights, and land tenure. Claude Johns provides a vivid look into ancient courts, state authority, family structures, and individual rights. This work highlights the surprising similarities between ancient Near Eastern legal traditions and modern legal systems. Essential for modern collections of legal history and Mesopotamian studies. Published in 1904, this was one of the earliest comprehensive English analyses of the Code of Hammurabi after its discovery in late 1901. Claude Hermann Walter Johns was a premier Assyriologist who helped bridge the gap between complex cuneiform translations and western legal historians. Beyond strict statutes, the inclusion of private letters and contracts offers rare insight into the daily economic and social lives of everyday citizens in ancient Mesopotamia.
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