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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
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- 45 Final Thoughts on Equity, Justice, and Humaneness
- Bibliography
- Index
45 - Final Thoughts on Equity, Justice, and Humaneness
from Part E - Final Thoughts
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
- Part E Final Thoughts
- 45 Final Thoughts on Equity, Justice, and Humaneness
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A legal system expresses humaneness through how it treats those who are suffering, in need, or oppressed.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 681 - 692Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019