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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
- Section XII War and Treaties
- 33 Treaties, Hostages, and Keeping Faith
- 34 The Rules of War and the Law of Peoples
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
34 - The Rules of War and the Law of Peoples
from Section XII - War and Treaties
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
- Section XII War and Treaties
- 33 Treaties, Hostages, and Keeping Faith
- 34 The Rules of War and the Law of Peoples
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
It was common for the theorists and historians of the Roman Republic to refer to the rules or laws of war.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 524 - 538Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019