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    A Contribution to a Western Genealogy of the Rights of Men, and Incidentally, of Women

    A Contribution to a Western Genealogy of the Rights of Men, and Incidentally, of Women by Baldissone, Riccardo

    Published 2011
    “…It follows the emergence of an autonomous nomos in fifth-century BCE Greece, and it surveys Roman law and its recovery in the eleventh-century during the Papal Revolution, which first applied in the Western world to the whole society the Platonic program of founding the polity upon principles. …”
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    Carnal, bloody and unnatural acts: religious pollution in ancient Rome

    Carnal, bloody and unnatural acts: religious pollution in ancient Rome by Lennon, Jack

    Published 2011
    “…Chapter Three continues this theme, considering blood as a polluting and purifying agent in the context of Roman law, sacrifice and warfare. Chapter Four focuses on death pollution, in particular the removal of the corpse, the status of those who worked constantly around death, and the annual rites of propitiation and the subsequent purification of the city. …”
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    Death penalty as deterrence for crimes / Hasmahani Hassan Hadeli, Imi Safwani Ismail and Karmuni Abdul Kadir

    Death penalty as deterrence for crimes / Hasmahani Hassan Hadeli, Imi Safwani Ismail and Karmuni Abdul Kadir by Hassan Hadeli, Hasmahani, Ismail, Imi Safwani, Abdul Kadir, Karmuni

    Published 2006
    “…The death penalty was also part of the 14th century B.C'S Hittite Code, the 7th century B.C's Draconian Code of Athens, which made death penalty the only punishment for all crimes, and the 15th century B.C's Roman Law of the 12 Tables. Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive and implement. …”
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    Alfonso de Cartagena on the affair of the Canaries (1436–37): humanist rhetoric and the idea of the nation-state in fifteenth–century Castile

    Alfonso de Cartagena on the affair of the Canaries (1436–37): humanist rhetoric and the idea of the nation-state in fifteenth–century Castile by Lawrance, Jeremy

    Published 2013
    “…The paper seeks further to show how, in developing his argument, Cartagena drew not only upon the resources of Roman law but also upon the civic ideals and rhetoric of early Italian Renaissance humanism.…”
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    In nomine dominae: notarial documents and women's lives in Genoese Chios (1348-1522)

    In nomine dominae: notarial documents and women's lives in Genoese Chios (1348-1522) by Ravera, Chiara

    Published 2019
    “…Through the study, examples of cohabitation and collaboration of different communities (Latin, Greek, Jewish) are numerous, as well as those regarding the coexistence of different legal systems: Genoese law, Roman law, and local customs. Marriage is the subject of the third and final part of the thesis (Chapters 4 and 5), focusing on how it influenced women’s lives. …”
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