Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters

1904. Contents: The Earliest Babylonian Law; The Code of Hammurabi; Later Babylonian Law; The Social Organization of the Ancient Babylonian State; Judges, Law-Courts, and Legal Processes; Legal Decisions; Public Rights; Criminal Law; The Family Organization; Courtship and Marria Divorce and Desertion; Rights of Widows; Obligations and Rights of Children; The Education and Early Life of Children; Adoption; Rights of Inheritance; Slavery; Land Tenure in Babylonia; The Army, Corvee, and other Claims for Personal Service; The Functions and Organization of the Temp and Donations and Bequests; Sales; Loans and Deposits; Pledges and Guarantees; Wages of Hired Laborers; Lease of Property; The Laws of Trade; Partnership and Power of Attorney; Accounts and Business Documents; and Babylonian and Assyrian Letters.Johns, C. H. W. is the author of 'Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781432618339 and ISBN 1432618334.