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
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Section IX Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section X Legal Status and Social Class
- 28 Legal Status of Women
- 29 Social Class and Slavery
- Section XI Responsibility and Punishment
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
28 - Legal Status of Women
from Section X - Legal Status and Social Class
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
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Section IX Law, Justice, and Equity
- Section X Legal Status and Social Class
- 28 Legal Status of Women
- 29 Social Class and Slavery
- Section XI Responsibility and Punishment
- Section XII War and Treaties
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The legal status of women in the Roman Republic and ancient India, during the last centuries bce and the first centuries ce, seems quite similar, at least on first sight.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 441 - 453Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019