At the Dawn of Legal History: Teaching Law in Ancient Mesopotamia
At the Dawn of Legal History: Teaching Law in Ancient Mesopotamia
Author(s): Lena FijałkowskaSubject(s): Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: ancient Mesopotamia; scribes; legal education; scribal curriculum; law
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an outline of legal teaching in ancient Mesopotamia, with emphasis on the available sources and the difficulties they present. Though our knowledge of this topic is still fragmentary, for several periods the scribal curriculum can be reconstructed, as well as the place of legal education therein. The innate conservatism of Mesopotamian culture notwithstanding, it turns out that the latter managed to produce surprisingly skilled and creative legal professionals.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Iuridica
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 99
- Page Range: 51-63
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English