Ancient legal thought : equity, justice, and humaneness from Hammurabi and the pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud / Larry May.
"Nearly four thousand years ago, kings in various ancient societies, especially in Mesopotamia (contemporary Iraq), faced a crisis of major proportions. Large portions of the population were horribly in debt, many being forced to sell themselves or their children into slavery to pay off their d...
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