Book Details
Orange Code:91328
Paperback:345 pages
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1. A methodological introduction: this study and its limitations2. State relations in ancient civilizations3. Religion and the sources of a law of nations in antiquity4. Making friends: diplomats and foreign visitors in ancient times5. Making faith: treaty practices amongst ancient peoples6. Making war: the commencement and conduct of hostilities in ancient times7. Civilization and community in the ancient mind
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This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. Containing up-to-date literature and archaeological evidence, it reevaluates the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations--diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare--in a detailed analysis of the Near East (2800-700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500-338 BCE), and Rome (358-168 BCE). A fascinating study for lawyers, ancient historians and classicists alike.
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