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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
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Section IX Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section X Legal Status and Social Class
- Section XI Responsibility and Punishment
- 30 Political and Moral Crimes
- 31 Punishment, Cruelty, and Humaneness
- 32 Crimes Concerning Political and Legal Abuse
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
31 - Punishment, Cruelty, and Humaneness
from Section XI - Responsibility 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
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Section IX Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section X Legal Status and Social Class
- Section XI Responsibility and Punishment
- 30 Political and Moral Crimes
- 31 Punishment, Cruelty, and Humaneness
- 32 Crimes Concerning Political and Legal Abuse
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the legal thought of the Roman Republic, especially in the works of Cicero and Seneca, punishment was criticized when it was cruel but praised when it was humane.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 482 - 494Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019