Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- 13 Custom and Law in Ancient Greece and China
- 14 Justice and Equity
- 15 Trials, Juries, and Democratic Assemblies
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Justice and Equity
from Section V - Law, Justice, and Equity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Section V Law, Justice, and Equity
- 13 Custom and Law in Ancient Greece and China
- 14 Justice and Equity
- 15 Trials, Juries, and Democratic Assemblies
- Section VI Legal Status
- Section VII Responsibility and Punishment
- Section VIII War and Amnesty
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the long history of legal thought, from the Mesopotamians to today, one common theme is the tension between law as rule-following, sometimes called “strict justice,” and law as providing a fair resolution of disputes, often discussed under the label of “equity.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 237 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019