Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- 8 Complicity and Conspiracy
- 9 Crime and Lex Talionis
- 10 Capital Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Complicity and Conspiracy
from Section III - Crime and Punishment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- 8 Complicity and Conspiracy
- 9 Crime and Lex Talionis
- 10 Capital Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter I will examine two famous trials in ancient Egypt, and one in Mesopotamia, in order to gain an understanding of how the idea of complicity was conceptualized in ancient legal thought.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 135 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019