The Cambridge History of Rights: Volume 1, The Ancient World

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The Cambridge History of Rights: Volume 1, The Ancient World is written by Clifford Ando and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108837352 (ISBN 10) and 9781108837354 (ISBN 13).

The ancient world existed before the modern conceptual and linguistic apparatus of rights, and any attempts to understand its place in history must be undertaken with care. This volume covers not only Greco-Roman antiquity, but ranges from the ancient Near East to early Confucian China; Deuteronomic Judaism to Ptolemaic Egypt; and rabbinic Judaism to Sasanian law. It describes ancient normative conceptions of personhood and practices of law in a way that respects their historical and linguistic particularity, appreciating the distinctiveness of the cultures under study whilst clarifying their salience for comparative study. Through thirteen expertly researched essays, volume one of The Cambridge History of Rights is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for the history of rights in the global ancient world and highlights societies that the field has long neglected.