Philosophy of Law and Procedural Law in „The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant” Cover Image

Filozofia prawa i prawo proceduralne w „Opowieści o elokwentnym wieśniaku”
Philosophy of Law and Procedural Law in „The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant”

Author(s): Wojciech Czabanowski
Subject(s): History of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history of law of ancient Egypt; history of philosophy of ancient Egypt; ancient Egyptian law; philosophy of ancient Egypt; procedural law; First Intermediate Period

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to reconstruct (1) the ethics and the philosophy of law and the state contained in The Eloquent Peasant, in particular in the Peasant’s nine complaints, and (2) the elements of procedural law of the Heracleopolitan monarchy according to the version presented in the story, and (3) to define the concept of Ma’at as it is used in the tale. The Eloquent Peasant is a piece of ancient Egyptian widsom literature piece, composed during the First Intermediate Period, picking up the theme of law, public administration and corruption.

  • Issue Year: 9/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 453-470
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish