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
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Section XIII Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
- Section XIV Differential Status
- 38 Women in Jewish and Roman Thought
- 39 Slaves in Jewish and Roman Legal Thought
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
39 - Slaves in Jewish and Roman Legal Thought
from Section XIV - Differential Status
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
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Section XIII Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
- Section XIV Differential Status
- 38 Women in Jewish and Roman Thought
- 39 Slaves in Jewish and Roman Legal Thought
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
If the history of legal thought, at least of ancient legal thought, is supposed to be one of moral progress, then the hardest case to account for is that concerning slaves.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 598 - 610Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019