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
- 35 Law, Morality, and Religion
- 36 Dual Legal Regimes
- 37 The Law and Ancient Legal Scholars
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
37 - The Law and Ancient Legal Scholars
from Section XIII - Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
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
- 35 Law, Morality, and Religion
- 36 Dual Legal Regimes
- 37 The Law and Ancient Legal Scholars
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In both Jewish and Roman law of the first centuries of the new millennium, a striking change occurs, where a profession of scholars comes to prominence and even to have their opinions count as law.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 570 - 582Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019