ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |154 pages
Part I
chapter Chapter 1|6 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
The Legal Legacy of the Past
chapter Chapter 4|16 pages
The Earliest Literature and the Codes
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
The Early Codes of the Past — Barbarism
chapter Chapter 6|12 pages
The Central Codes of the Past — Early Civilization
chapter Chapter 7|10 pages
The Late Codes of the Past — the Flowering of Civilization
chapter Chapter 9|10 pages
The Early Law of India
chapter Chapter 10|10 pages
The Roman Twelve Tables
chapter Chapter 11|15 pages
The Law of the Hebrews
chapter Chapter 12|16 pages
The Hebrew Code
part |246 pages
Part II