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The Body As Property indicates that physical disfigurement
functioned in biblical law to verify legal property acquisition,
when changes in the status of dependents were formalized. It is
based on the reality the cuneiform script, in particular, was
developed in Sumer and Mesopotamia for the purpose of record
keeping: to provide legal proof of ownership where the inscription
of a tablet evidenced the sale, or transfer, of property.
Legitimate property acquisition was as important in biblical law,
where physical disfigurements marked dependents, in a similar way
that the veil or the head covering identified a wife or concubine
in ancient Assyrian and Judean societies. This is primarily
substantiated in the accounts of prescriptive disfigurements:
namely circumcision and the piercing of a slave's ear, both of
which were required only when a son, or slave, was acquired
permanently. It is further argued that legal entitlement was
relevant also to the punitive disfigurements recorded in Exodus
21:22-24, and Deuteronomy 25:11-12, where the physical violation of
women was of concern solely as an infringement of male property
rights.
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this
updated volume explores the intersections between governance and
media in western democracies, which have undergone profound recent
changes. Many governmental powers have been shifted toward a host
of network parties such as NGOs, state enterprises, international
organizations, autonomous agencies, and local governments.
Governments have developed complex networks for service delivery
and they have a strategic interest in the news media as an arena
where their interests can be served and threatened. How do the
media relate to and report on complex systems of government? How do
the various governance actors respond to the media and what are the
effects on their policies? This book considers the impact of
media-related factors on governance, policy, public accountability
and the attribution of blame for failures.
The Body As Property indicates that physical disfigurement
functioned in biblical law to verify legal property acquisition,
when changes in the status of dependents were formalized. It is
based on the reality the cuneiform script, in particular, was
developed in Sumer and Mesopotamia for the purpose of record
keeping: to provide legal proof of ownership where the inscription
of a tablet evidenced the sale, or transfer, of property.
Legitimate property acquisition was as important in biblical law,
where physical disfigurements marked dependents, in a similar way
that the veil or the head covering identified a wife or concubine
in ancient Assyrian and Judean societies. This is primarily
substantiated in the accounts of prescriptive disfigurements:
namely circumcision and the piercing of a slave's ear, both of
which were required only when a son, or slave, was acquired
permanently. It is further argued that legal entitlement was
relevant also to the punitive disfigurements recorded in Exodus
21:22-24, and Deuteronomy 25:11-12, where the physical violation of
women was of concern solely as an infringement of male property
rights.
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