Law Archive
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Mythology and the Origin of Law in Early Chinese Thought
Posted on December 30, 2012 | No CommentsDid the Chinese attribute a secular or a religious origin to law? -
An Outline of Civil Procedure in Roman Law
Posted on December 2, 2012 | No CommentsThis is broad discussion of the key feature of Roman civil procedure, including sources, lawmaking, and rules. It covers the three principal models for procedure; special proceedings; appeals; magistrates; judges; and representation. -
The Emancipation of Women in Ancient Rome
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsOnly twice in the History of Mankind, have women been considered legally equal to men. As far as we can see, this has occurred but twice : in Rome in Antiquity, and now in North America and Europe. -
Divorce in Classical Athenian Society: Law, Practice and Power
Posted on October 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe practice of divorce in classical Athens sheds light on relationships which are fundamental to our understanding of Athenian society: between husband and wife, between separate households, and between household and state. -
Philosophies of Imprisonment in Late Antiquity
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsIn order to understand how the conceptual perception of prisons changed with different social groups, one must first understand what prisons were meant to be and what they actually were. Prison structure was governed on logic, with different types of prisons to separate the accused from the condemned. From the structure, scholars can understand the purpose of the prison, and current scholarly debate revolves around the intention of the law-makers. -
The Periclean Citizenship Law of 451/0 B.C.
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsI will then examine a variety of reason why Pericles may have chosen to implement this measure and why it might have been accepted by the existing citizenship body, as well as considering the various objectives that the law may have intended to achieve. -
Treason and Related Offenses in the Roman Germanic Law
Posted on September 13, 2012 | No CommentsIntellectual and spiritual treason represent the final depths of public crime in which the individual sets his personal will against the established legal order, representing the collec- tive wisdom of the race. Indeed, in a large philosophic sense treason underlies all crime, for the ultimate effect of crime is the subversion of society and the death of the state. -
Patriotism and some related aspects of Roman character
Posted on September 13, 2012 | No CommentsRome levelled her subjects in crashing, shattering defeat and then lifted them up to share a pride in her that could capture the discriminating Jewish intelligence of a Paul. Her supreme victory came when the superiority and desirability of her civilization were admitted among civilized men. -
When Two Men Fight: Legal implication of Brawling in the Ancient Near East
Posted on September 4, 2012 | No CommentsTwo people have an argument. The conflict grows increasingly heated, and the two come to blows. -
God and King: Interaction between Jewish and Greek Laws in Antiochus III
Posted on August 28, 2012 | No CommentsIn this chapter I will discuss two examples of the juridical interaction between Greeks and Jews in Jerusalem during the Hellenistic Age
