A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law

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PREFACE

For their generous sponsorship of this History, it is my pleasant duty

to thank Mr. Melvyn Sykes, attorney at law, the law firm of

Cadwallader, Wickersham, and Taft, and the office of the Dean of

the School of Arts and Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University. I

would also like to thank all those involved in the production of the

volume. Their expertise, diligence, and patience were instrumental

in bringing this large and complex project to fruition. The manu-

script was copy-edited by Wendy Jacobs and the electronic version

prepared by Dr. Bruce Wells. The legal index was compiled by Enid

Zafran and the indexes of ancient sources and terms by Lance Allred,

Athena Gadotti, Elaine Sullivan, and Il-sung Andrew Yun.

Raymond Westbrook

Editor

Baltimore, June, 2003

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