Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- 4 Debt Forgiveness and Equity
- 5 Freedom and Slavery
- 6 Class, Legal Status, and Equality
- 7 Women’s Separate Sphere
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Women’s Separate Sphere
from Section II - Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
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
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- 4 Debt Forgiveness and Equity
- 5 Freedom and Slavery
- 6 Class, Legal Status, and Equality
- 7 Women’s Separate Sphere
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
It is frequently said that ancient Mesopotamia was a patriarchal society where women were little better than chattel.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 115 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019