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The Oldest Code of Laws in the World

The Oldest Code of Laws in the World

by King of Babylonia Hammurabi

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Author
Hammurabi, King of Babylonia, 1811? BCE-1751? BCE
Title
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon, B.C. 2285-2242
Credits
Transcribed from the 1903 T. & T. Clark edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
KL: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica
Subject
Law -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- Sources
Category
Text
eBook-No.
17150
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17150
Release Date
November 25, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE OLDEST CODE OF LAWS IN THE WORLD
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.THE TEXT OF THE CODE
  4. 4.INDEX

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