Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel
This study examines problems to do with social justice and class relations in two societies of the archaic eastern Mediterranean: Attica and Israel. It shows that both societies faced similar social problems (predatory lending, enslavement for debt, corrupt judicial processes, violence); both societ...
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| author | Lewis, David |
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| description | This study examines problems to do with social justice and class relations in two societies of the archaic eastern Mediterranean: Attica and Israel. It shows that both societies faced similar social problems (predatory lending, enslavement for debt, corrupt judicial processes, violence); both societies produced legal responses to these problems, both in the area of substantive law, and in structural/procedural innovations. However, the greater proximity of Israel to Near Eastern superpowers meant that these reforms were not carried through (Judah was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC), whereas the Greeks, located further afield, were not menaced by a Near Eastern superpower until such reforms were already entrenched. |
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| spelling | nottingham-507612020-05-04T18:41:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50761/ Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel Lewis, David This study examines problems to do with social justice and class relations in two societies of the archaic eastern Mediterranean: Attica and Israel. It shows that both societies faced similar social problems (predatory lending, enslavement for debt, corrupt judicial processes, violence); both societies produced legal responses to these problems, both in the area of substantive law, and in structural/procedural innovations. However, the greater proximity of Israel to Near Eastern superpowers meant that these reforms were not carried through (Judah was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC), whereas the Greeks, located further afield, were not menaced by a Near Eastern superpower until such reforms were already entrenched. Routledge Xydopoulos, Ioannis Vlassopoulos, Kostas Tounta, Eleni 2017-04-05 Book Section PeerReviewed Lewis, David (2017) Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel. In: Violence and community: law, space and identity in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean world. Routledge, London, pp. 28-49. ISBN 9781472448323 https://www.routledge.com/Violence-and-Community-Law-Space-and-Identity-in-the-Ancient-Eastern/Xydopoulos-Vlassopoulos-Tounta/p/book/9781472448323 |
| spellingShingle | Lewis, David Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title | Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title_full | Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title_fullStr | Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title_short | Making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in Solonian Attica and ancient Israel |
| title_sort | making law grip: inequality, injustice, and legal remedy in solonian attica and ancient israel |
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