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Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

By C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

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Contents
Dedication
Preface
List Of Abbreviations
Sources And Bibliography
Laws And Contracts
- I. The Earliest Babylonian Laws
- II. The Code Of Ḥammurabi
- III. Later Babylonian Law
- IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State
- V. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal Processes
- VI. Legal Decisions
- VII. Public Rights
- VIII. Criminal Law
- IX. The Family Organization
- X. Courtship And Marriage
- XI. Divorce And Desertion
- XII. Rights Of Widows
- XIII. Obligations And Rights Of Children
- XIV. The Education And Early Life Of Children
- XV. Adoption
- XVI. Rights Of Inheritance
- XVII. Slavery
- XVIII. Land Tenure In Babylonia
- XIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal Service
- XX. The Functions And Organization Of The Temple
- XXI. Donations And Bequests
- XXII. Sales
- XXIII. Loans And Deposits
- XXIV. Pledges And Guarantees
- XXV. Wages Of Hired Laborers
- XXVI. Lease Of Property
- XXVII. The Laws Of Trade
- XXVIII. Partnership And Power Of Attorney
- XXIX. Accounts And Business Documents
Babylonian And Assyrian Letters
- I. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And Assyrians
- II. The Letters Of Ḥammurabi
- III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors
- IV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of Babylon
- V. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, Sargon
- VI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-Ukîn
- VII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia
- Letters About Elam And Southern Babylonia
- IX. Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters
- X. Letters Of The Second Babylonian Empire
Appendix
- I. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of Ḥammurabi
- II. Chronology
- III. Weights And Measures
- IV. Bibliography Of The Later Periods
Index
Footnotes
Credits
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