A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE

Preface ........................................................................................ ix

Contributors ................................................................................ xi

Bibliographical Abbreviations .................................................... xv

Note on Transliteration ............................................................ xvii

Chronological Chart .................................................................. xix

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The Character of Ancient Near Eastern Law .................... 1

Raymond Westbrook

PART ONE

THIRD MILLENNIUM

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Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period ...................... 93

Richard Jasnow

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Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods .................................. 141

Claus Wilcke

Neo-Sumerian Period (Ur III) .............................................. 183

Bertrand Lafont and Raymond Westbrook

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E ........................................................................................ 227

Amalia Catagnoti

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International Law in the Third Millennium ...................... 241

Jerrold Cooper

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