Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

About this eBook

Author

Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter), 1857-1920

Language

English

LoC Class

KL: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica

Subject

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian -- Sources

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28674

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28674

Release Date

May 3, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Contents — Dedication — Preface — List Of Abbreviations — Sources And Bibliography — Laws And Contracts
2. 2.I. The Earliest Babylonian Laws
3. 3.II. The Code Of Ḥammurabi
4. 4.III. Later Babylonian Law
5. 5.IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State
6. 6.V. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal Processes
7. 7.VI. Legal Decisions
8. 8.VII. Public Rights
9. 9.VIII. Criminal Law
10. 10.IX. The Family Organization
11. 11.X. Courtship And Marriage
12. 12.XI. Divorce And Desertion
13. 13.XII. Rights Of Widows
14. 14.XIII. Obligations And Rights Of Children
15. 15.XIV. The Education And Early Life Of Children
16. 16.XV. Adoption
17. 17.XVI. Rights Of Inheritance
18. 18.XVII. Slavery
19. 19.XVIII. Land Tenure In Babylonia
20. 20.XIX. The Army, Corvée , And Other Claims For Personal Service
21. 21.XX. The Functions And Organization Of The Temple
22. 22.XXI. Donations And Bequests
23. 23.XXII. Sales
24. 24.XXIII. Loans And Deposits
25. 25.XXIV. Pledges And Guarantees
26. 26.XXV. Wages Of Hired Laborers
27. 27.XXVI. Lease Of Property
28. 28.XXVII. The Laws Of Trade
29. 29.XXVIII. Partnership And Power Of Attorney
30. 30.XXIX. Accounts And Business Documents — Babylonian And Assyrian Letters
31. 31.I. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And Assyrians
32. 32.II. The Letters Of Ḥammurabi
33. 33.III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors
34. 34.IV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of Babylon
35. 35.V. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, Sargon
36. 36.VI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-Ukîn
37. 37.VII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia
38. 38.Letters About Elam And Southern Babylonia
39. 39.IX. Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters
40. 40.X. Letters Of The Second Babylonian Empire — Appendix
41. 41.I. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of Ḥammurabi
42. 42.II. Chronology
43. 43.III. Weights And Measures
44. 44.IV. Bibliography Of The Later Periods — Index — Footnotes

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