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Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- 23 Amnesty, Sanctuary, and Exile
- 24 Justified War and the Law of Nations
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
24 - Justified War and the Law of Nations
from Section VIII - War and Amnesty
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
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- 23 Amnesty, Sanctuary, and Exile
- 24 Justified War and the Law of Nations
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The idea that those who are guilty can have wars waged against them is ancient in origin, although it is not always as straightforward as it has seemed to some commentators.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 380 - 394Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019