Author : Israel Drapkin
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Law
ISBN :
Suitable for junior high and high school age, a survey of generalizations and examples of legal systems, though Drapkin (emeritus, criminology, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem) often spends more time on historical and social background than on his subject. Covers Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hebrews, Persia, China, Greece, and Rome. "Others" include Islam, Ethiopia, Basques, Japan, and Oceania. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Elisabeth Meier Tetlow
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826416285
Crime and punishment, criminal law and its administration, are areas of ancient history that have been explored less than many other aspects of ancient civilizations. Throughout history women have been affected by crime both as victims and as offenders. Yet, in the ancient world customary laws were created by men, formal laws were written by men, and both were interpreted and enforced by men.
Author : John Bauschatz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 2015-12-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781634873475
Author : Richard Dargie
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756520847
Explores the various punishments given out to thieves, murderers, and other criminals in ancient Greece.
Author : Jill Harries
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1316582957
What was crime in ancient Rome? Was it defined by law or social attitudes? How did damage to the individual differ from offences against the community as a whole? This book explores competing legal and extra-legal discourses in a number of areas, including theft, official malpractice, treason, sexual misconduct, crimes of violence, homicide, magic and perceptions of deviance. It argues that court practice was responsive to social change, despite the ingrained conservatism of the legal tradition, and that judges and litigants were in part responsible for the harsher operation of justice in Late Antiquity. Consideration is also given to how attitudes to crime were shaped not only by legal experts but also by the rhetorical education and practices of advocates, and by popular and even elite indifference to the finer points of law.
Author : Richard A. Bauman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 32,94 MB
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1134823932
First Published in 2004. Punishment was an integral element of the Roman justice system and as controversial as it is today. Bauman examines the mechanics of the administering of punishment and the philosophical beliefs from which attitudes to penalty were born. The emphasis is placed on crimes against the public during the Republic and Principate with less discussion of either civil cases or issues. Special reference is made to changes in attitudes concerning the death penalty.
Author : Emma Southon
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 164700232X
An entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in Ancient Rome In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common—murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city, Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was butchered in the theater, Claudius was poisoned at dinner, and Galba was beheaded in the Forum. In one 50-year period, 26 emperors were murdered. But what did killing mean in a city where gladiators fought to the death to sate a crowd? In A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon examines a trove of real-life homicides from Roman history to explore Roman culture, including how perpetrator, victim, and the act itself were regarded by ordinary people. Inside Ancient Rome's darkly fascinating history, we see how the Romans viewed life, death, and what it means to be human.
Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110294583
All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The topics covered in this volume, addressing fundamental concerns of the premodern world, deal with allegedly criminal, or simply wrong behavior which demanded punishment. Sometimes this affected whole groups of people, such as the innocently persecuted Jews, sometimes individuals, such as violent and evil princes. The issue at stake here embraces all of society since it can only survive if a general framework is observed that is based in some way on justice and peace. But literature and the visual arts provide many examples of open and public protests against wrongdoings, ill-conceived ideas and concepts, and stark crimes, such as theft, rape, and murder. In fact, poetic statements or paintings could carry significant potentials against those who deliberately transgressed moral and ethical norms, or who even targeted themselves.
Author : Cesare Beccaria
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 1584776382
Reprint of the fourth edition, which contains an additional text attributed to Voltaire. Originally published anonymously in 1764, Dei Delitti e Delle Pene was the first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States.
Author : Lawrence Friedman
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 1459608135
In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fashioned a system of crime and punishment in its own image.
