Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts, and Letters

by C.H.W. Johns

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Genres: History, Law, Nonfiction, Ancient History

Hardcover

First published January 10, 2004

About the author

Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, MA, 1857-1920. Lecturer in Assyriology at Queen's College, Cambridge, England.

Reviews

[David S Weinstein · Rating 3 out of 5]

I couldn’t find the actual 1904 edition reprinted by the Legal Classics Library that I read but this option was the closest possible choice. Not being a lawyer, I read it for the history sort of the way you do when you read ahead in the litergy when bored to some interesting part of ancient history. The sumptuary laws are not to be believed but they had problems to solve and this was their way. It’s a book you read in between other things 15 minutes at a time. Flip the pages to any point and you can just get engrossed.

[Ed Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting Legal History

If you are interested in legal history, this books will give you solid visibility into the Babylonian legal system. Interesting parallels with modern legal theories are evident. Not a riveting page turner, and I would have liked to see more commentaries. Having said that, it is an interesting legal history read.

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 2 out of 5]

En genomgång av babylonisk lag, med tillägg av brev från statspersoner som illustrativa exempel. Fullständigt adekvat; inte speciellt intressant om man inte är historienörd (vilket jag dock är).