Primitive Law, Past and Present / Edition 1

by A.S. Diamond

Overview

This book is a study of the beginnings of law and the 'primitive'stages of its development, from the first rudimentary rules of conduct to the codes of the legal systems. Its scope extends to both cultures and legal systems from the ancient and medieval past: those of the Babylonians and Assyrians, Hittites, Hebrews, Romans, Hindus, English and other German peoples, and those of Africa, Australia and America. Correlating early economic and legal development, the book illustrates how laws change with the development of material culture.
Originally published in 1971.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415330633
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/26/2004
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I Part I; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Legal Legacy of the Past; Chapter 3 The Legal Legacy of the Past; Chapter 4 The Earliest Literature and the Codes; Chapter 5 The Early Codes of the Past — Barbarism; Chapter 6 The Central Codes of the Past — Early Civilization; Chapter 7 The Late Codes of the Past — the Flowering of Civilization; Chapter 8 The Late Codes of the Past; Chapter 9 The Early Law of India; Chapter 10 The Roman Twelve Tables; Chapter 11 The Law of the Hebrews; Chapter 12 The Hebrew Code; Part II PART II; Chapter 13 The Food Gatherers; Chapter 14 Early Hunters, Agriculturists and Pastoralists; Chapter 15 Agriculturists, Hunters and Pastoralists of the Second Grade; Cattle Keepers — The Third Agricultural Grade, First Stage; Chapter 17 Cattle Keepers — The Law; Chapter 18 Cattle Keepers — Crimes and Civil Injuries; Chapter 19 The Recent Peoples of the Early Codes — Third Agricultural Grade, Second Stage; Chapter 20 The Recent Peoples of the Early Codes — The Law; Chapter 21 Trial by Ordeal in the Early Codes; Chapter 22 The Recent Peoples of the Central Codes—Third Agricultural Grade, Third Stage; Chapter 23 The Recent Peoples of the Central Codes — Feudalism; Chapter 24 The Recent Peoples of the Central Codes — The Law; Chapter 25 The Recent Peoples of the Late Codes; Chapter 26 The Recent Peoples of the Late Codes — Kinship, Marriage, Property and Inheritance; Chapter 27 The Recent Peoples of the Late Codes — Transactions and Contract; Chapter 28 The Recent Peoples of the Late Codes—Religion, Letters and Procedure; Chapter 29 The Recent Peoples of the Late Codes — Crimes and Civil Injuries;