Ex Oriente Lex: Near Eastern Influences on Ancient Greek and Roman Law (Hardcover)

Editors' Note
Preface
Introduction
1. The Trial Scene in the Iliad
2. Penelope's Dowry and Odysseus' Kingship
3. Drakon's Homicide Law
4. Barbarians at the Gates
5. The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables
6. Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law
7. The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia
8. Vitae Necisque Potestas
9. The Origin of Laesio Enormis
10. Codification and Canonization
11. Reflections on the Law of Homicide in the Ancient World
12. The Early History of Law
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index