- Type:
- Book Chapter
- Author:
- Pamela Barmash
- Published:
- 2020
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The legal authority of the Laws of Hammurabi has been assessed by examining whether it was legislation, royal decrees, or judicial decisions. Searching for evidence that the Laws of Hammurabi was applied in actual cases or derives from verdicts has yielded mesmerizing hints but no definitive evidence. However, the crucial question is whether this approach accurately illuminates the nature of the authority of the Laws of Hammurabi. There is no reason for law to be limited to the application of a set of rules, and debating whether the Laws of Hammurabi was legislation, royal decrees, or judicial verdicts is misplaced, as this chapter discusses. The nature of the authority of the Laws of Hammurabi was based on scribal activities in the legal realm. The conflicting rulings they learned during training and their legal experience helped them to think through competing examples of justice and to weigh the variables in a particular dispute or offense.
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- What is "The Legal Authority of the Laws of Hammurabi" about?
- The legal authority of the Laws of Hammurabi has been assessed by examining whether it was legislation, royal decrees, or judicial decisions.
- Who wrote "The Legal Authority of the Laws of Hammurabi"?
- Pamela Barmash