Early ancient Near Eastern law : a history of its beginnings : the early dynastic and Sargonic periods

This very handy summary and exposition of the sources and content of early ancient Near Eastern law was first published in 2003 by the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. In this second edition, Prof. Wilcke has provided minor corrections and a 44-page section that includes additions to the first printing, supplemental bibliography, and an appendix that takes into account newly unearthed texts from the Bank of Italy collection. Topics covered include matters such as law codes and edicts, government and administrative principles and law, personal status, family law, property and inheritance, treaties, contracts and exchange of goods, and edicts. The result is the single most comprehensive, synthetic source on law and legal matters in the ancient Near East of the early periods. Preface Introduction 1. Sources of law 1.1 Law codes and edicts 1.2 Administrative orders and appeals to higher authority 1.3 Private legal documents 1.4 Scholastic documents 1.5 Non legal sources 2. Constitutional and administrative law 2.1 Organs of government 3. Litigation 3.1 Terminology 3.2. The parties 3.3 Procedure 3.4 Self help 3.5 Settlement out of court 4. Personal status 4.1 Citizenship 4.2 Class 4.3 Gender and age 4.4 Slavery 5. Family 5.1 Marriage 6. Property and inheritance 6.1 Tenure 6.2 Inheritance 7. Treaty 7.1 Indirect Attestation 7.2 The treaty of E'anatum of Lagaš with Eanakale of Umma 7.3 The Treaty of Naram-Su'en of Agade with an Elamite Ruler 8. Contract 8.1 Sale 8.2 Exchange 8.3 Loan 8.4 Pledge 8.5 Suretyship 8.6 Hire 8.7 Oath 9. Delict and crime Indices 1. Terms 2. Names a) Deities b) Persons c) Geographical Names 3. Words a) Akkadian b) Sumerian and logograms 4. Sources quoted Abbreviations General abbreviations Bibliographic abbreviations Bibliography Additions 2006 Additions to the Abbreviations Additions to the Bibliography Appendix: Recently published Old Sumerian and Sargonic legal documents from Adab, Zabalam, Umm al-Hafriyat and elsewhere First published in 2003, this work is a summary and exposition of the sources and content of early ancient Near Eastern law. It covers topics such as: matters such as law codes and edicts, government and administrative principles and law, personal status, family law, property and inheritance, treaties, contracts and exchange of goods, and edicts.