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  Ancient Law and Modern Understanding: At the Edges (Hardback) By (author) Alan Watson

  

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  Short Description for Ancient Law and Modern Understanding In Ancient Law and Modern Understanding: At the Edges Alan Watson proposes that ancient law is relevant and important for understanding history, theology, sociology, and literature. From Homeric Greece to present-day Armenia, Watson examines law's influence. Without a sensitivity to technical legal language, scholars of literature or history miss much: the use of puns in Plautus, Sulla's claim tha...
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  • Publisher: University of Georgia Press
  • Published: 31 January 1999
  • Format: Hardback 168 pages
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  • Categories: Cultural Studies | Jurisprudence | Legal History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
  • ISBN 13: 9780820320311 ISBN 10: 0820320315

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Full description for Ancient Law and Modern Understanding

• In Ancient Law and Modern Understanding: At the Edges Alan Watson proposes that ancient law is relevant and important for understanding history, theology, sociology, and literature. From Homeric Greece to present-day Armenia, Watson examines law's influence. Without a sensitivity to technical legal language, scholars of literature or history miss much: the use of puns in Plautus, Sulla's claim that Julius Caesar was descended from a slave, the relationship between the Synoptic Gospels. Legal history is an essential tool for understanding social organization, Watson argues, but we must consider the movement of law from one society to the next, legal reliance on authority, juristic concern with apparent trivia, and the impact of purely legal thinking on legal growth when interpreting its lessons.