Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- 4 Debt Forgiveness and Equity
- 5 Freedom and Slavery
- 6 Class, Legal Status, and Equality
- 7 Women’s Separate Sphere
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Class, Legal Status, and Equality
from Section II - Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- 4 Debt Forgiveness and Equity
- 5 Freedom and Slavery
- 6 Class, Legal Status, and Equality
- 7 Women’s Separate Sphere
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
It is often said that the Babylonian laws, especially the Laws of Hammurabi, are not as humane as other ancient laws such as the laws of the Bible, because Hammurabi’s laws track hierarchical social status rather than treating all equally before the law.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 98 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019