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
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- 19 Causation and Responsibility
- 20 Homicide and Pollution
- 21 Justification, Excuse, and Mitigation
- 22 Hubris and Impiety
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
20 - Homicide and Pollution
from Section VII - Responsibility and Punishment
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
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- 19 Causation and Responsibility
- 20 Homicide and Pollution
- 21 Justification, Excuse, and Mitigation
- 22 Hubris and Impiety
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter is about the origins of criminal law in ancient times. It is often claimed that ancient societies lack a conception of crime – treating all harms as civil wrongs (what we call “torts” today).
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 321 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019