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Politics and Social Needs in 2nd Millennium Syrian Sale Formularies: the Case of Emar
Fijałkowska, Lena
2015
Abstract
Political environment often provokes and influences changes in the legal system without forcing them. Late Bronze Age Emar is a case in point. As shown by the documents from Emar, especially real estate sales, The Hittites did not intervene in civil law, but their mere presence and social changes that followed were sufficient for such changes to occur. Not only it forced the existent customary law to adjust, it also inspired the creation of a whole new set of customary rules, parallel to those already in use.
Series
Graeca Tergestina. Storia e civiltà
2
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Lena Fijałkowska, “Politics and Social Needs in 2nd Millennium Syrian Sale Formularies: the Case of Emar”, in: Éva Jakab (edited by), "Sale and Community Documents from the Ancient World. Individuals’ Autonomy and State Interference in the Ancient World. Proceedings of a Colloquium supported by the University of Szeged. Budapest 5-8.10.2012", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015, pp. 29-40.
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en
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