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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
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- 23 Amnesty, Sanctuary, and Exile
- 24 Justified War and the Law of Nations
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
23 - Amnesty, Sanctuary, and Exile
from Section VIII - War and Amnesty
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
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- 23 Amnesty, Sanctuary, and Exile
- 24 Justified War and the Law of Nations
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In discussing ancient Chinese legal thought in awe saw that the granting of amnesty (or pardon) could be an exercise in the administration of equity.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 367 - 379Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019