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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
- Section XIII Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- 40 Intention and Causation in Criminal Law
- 41 Injury and Murder
- 42 Public Punishment, Penal Prisons, and Police
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
42 - Public Punishment, Penal Prisons, and Police
from Section XV - Responsibility
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
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- 40 Intention and Causation in Criminal Law
- 41 Injury and Murder
- 42 Public Punishment, Penal Prisons, and Police
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
At the end of the ancient period of legal thought, criminal matters were increasingly handled by public institutions rather than by self-help.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 638 - 650Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019