Ancient Legal Thought
Equity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2019-05-30
- Mått156 x 234 x 42 mm
- Vikt1 180 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor750
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781108484107