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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
- 30 Political and Moral Crimes
- 31 Punishment, Cruelty, and Humaneness
- 32 Crimes Concerning Political and Legal Abuse
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
32 - Crimes Concerning Political and Legal Abuse
from Section XI - 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
- 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
- 30 Political and Moral Crimes
- 31 Punishment, Cruelty, and Humaneness
- 32 Crimes Concerning Political and Legal Abuse
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In both ancient Rome and India, various crimes were established to protect the political and legal processes from abuse.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 495 - 508Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019