Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters 12+

📒 Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "New York, C. Scribner's sons", 1904 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг.Contents: The Earliest Babylonian Law; The Code of Hammurabi; Later Babylonian Law; The Social Organization of the Ancient Babylonian State; Judges, Law-Courts, and Legal Processes; Legal Decisions; Public Rights; Criminal Law; The Family Organization; Courtship and Marriage; Divorce and Desertion; Rights of Widows; Obligations and Rights of Children; The Education and Early Life of Children; Adoption; Rights of Inheritance; Slavery; Land Tenure in Babylonia; The Army, Corvee, and other Claims for Personal Service; The Functions and Organization of the Temple; and Donations and Bequests; Sales; Loans and Deposits; Pledges and Guarantees; Wages of Hired Laborers; Lease of Property; The Laws of Trade; Partnership and Power of Attorney; Accounts and Business Documents; and Babylonian and Assyrian Letters.