Contents

[Dedication]
[Preface]
[List Of Abbreviations]
[Sources And Bibliography]
[Laws And Contracts]
[I. The Earliest Babylonian Laws]
[II. The Code Of Ḥammurabi]
[III. Later Babylonian Law]
[IV. The Social Organization Of The Ancient Babylonian State]
[V. Judges, Law-Courts, And Legal Processes]
[VI. Legal Decisions]
[VII. Public Rights]
[VIII. Criminal Law]
[IX. The Family Organization]
[X. Courtship And Marriage]
[XI. Divorce And Desertion]
[XII. Rights Of Widows]
[XIII. Obligations And Rights Of Children]
[XIV. The Education And Early Life Of Children]
[XV. Adoption]
[XVI. Rights Of Inheritance]
[XVII. Slavery]
[XVIII. Land Tenure In Babylonia]
[XIX. The Army, Corvée, And Other Claims For Personal Service]
[XX. The Functions And Organization Of The Temple]
[XXI. Donations And Bequests]
[XXII. Sales]
[XXIII. Loans And Deposits]
[XXIV. Pledges And Guarantees]
[XXV. Wages Of Hired Laborers]
[XXVI. Lease Of Property]
[XXVII. The Laws Of Trade]
[XXVIII. Partnership And Power Of Attorney]
[XXIX. Accounts And Business Documents]
[Babylonian And Assyrian Letters]
[I. Letters And Letter-Writing Among The Babylonians And Assyrians]
[II. The Letters Of Ḥammurabi]
[III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors]
[IV. Private Letters Of The First Dynasty Of Babylon]
[V. Sennacherib's Letters To His Father, Sargon]
[VI. Letters From The Last Year Of Shamash-Shum-Ukîn]
[VII. Letters Regarding Affairs In Southern Babylonia]
[Letters About Elam And Southern Babylonia]
[IX. Miscellaneous Assyrian Letters]
[X. Letters Of The Second Babylonian Empire]
[Appendix]
[I. The Prologue And Epilogue To The Code Of Ḥammurabi]
[II. Chronology]
[III. Weights And Measures]
[IV. Bibliography Of The Later Periods]
[Index]
[Footnotes]

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