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02150aam a2200337 i 4500 001 0995E4380CF611EA99B9112E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191122010114 008 190117t20192019enkb b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019002337 020 $a 1108705766 020 $a 9781108705769 020 $a 1108484107 020 $a 9781108484107 035 $a (OCoLC)1081192594 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d YDX $d GZL $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a mm----- $a mm----- 050 00 $a KL147 $b .M39 2019 084 $a LAW052000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a May, Larry, $e author. 245 10 $a Ancient legal thought : $b equality, justice, and humaneness from Hammurabi and the pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud / $c Larry May, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee . 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xx, 729 pages : $b maps ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "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 debts. The laws and customs seemed to support the commercial practices that allowed lenders to charge 20%-30% interest, and the law protected the lenders and gave no recourse for the indebted. Strict justice called for the creditors to receive what they were due. But another legal concept, the emerging idea of equity, seemed to call for a different result - the use of law as a vehicle to free people from economic oppression. Debt relief edicts were instituted - "clean-slate laws" as they were known - and are of obvious relevance today as well where crushing debt is a major issue underlying social inequality"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Law, Ancient $x Social aspects. 650 7 $a LAW / Jurisprudence. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012713.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0995E4380CF611EA99B9112E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search