Fault, Responsibility, and Administrative Law in Late Babylonian Legal Texts (Hardcover)

This book presents a reassessment of the governmental systems of the Late Babylonian period—specifically those of the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian empires—and provides evidence demonstrating that these are among the first to have developed an early form of administrative law. The present study revolves around a particular expression that, in its most common form, reads ḫīṭu ša šarri išaddad and can be translated as “he will be guilty (of an offense) against the king.� The authors analyze ninety-six documents, thirty-two of which have not been previously published, discussing each text in detail, including the syntax of this clause and its legal consequences, which involve the delegation of responsibility in an administrative context. Placing these documents in their historical and institutional contexts, and drawing from the theories of Max Weber and S. N. Eisenstadt, the authors aim to show that the administrative bureaucracy underlying these documents was a more complex, systematized, and rational system than has previously been recognized. Accompanied by extensive indexes, as well as transcriptions and translations of each text analyzed here, this book breaks new ground in the study of ancient legal systems.

General

Imprint:	Eisenbrauns
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Mesopotamian Civilizations
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	F. Rachel Magdalene • Cornelia Wunsch • Bruce Wells (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 59mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	744
ISBN-13:	978-1-57506-990-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Foundations of law > General Books > History > General
LSN:	1-57506-990-3
Barcode:	9781575069906

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