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This is a study of what constituted legality and the role of law in ancient societies. Investigating and comparing legal codes and legal thinking of the ancient societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and of the ancient Rabbis, this volume examines how people used law to create stable societies. Starting with Hammurabi's Code, this volume also analyzes the law of the pharaohs and the codes of the ancient rabbis and of the Roman Emperor Justinian. Focusing on the key concepts of justice equity and humaneness, the status of women and slaves, and the idea of criminality and of war and peace; no other book attempts to examine such diverse legal systems and legal thinking from the ancient world.

Law, Ancient --- Ancient law --- Social aspects.

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There is extensive discussion in current Just War literature about the normative principles which should govern the initiation of war (jus ad bellum) and also the conduct of war (jus in bello), but this is the first book to treat the important and difficult issue of justice after the end of war. Larry May examines the normative principles which should govern post-war practices such as reparations, restitution, reconciliation, retribution, rebuilding, proportionality and the Responsibility to Protect. He discusses the emerging international law literature on transitional justice and the problem of moving from a position of war and possible mass atrocity to a position of peace and reconciliation. He questions the Just War tradition, arguing that contingent pacifism is most in keeping with normative principles after war ends. His discussion is richly illustrated with contemporary examples and will be of interest to students of political and legal philosophy, law and military studies.

Just war doctrine. --- War --- Postwar reconstruction --- Consequentialism (Ethics) --- International relations --- Restorative justice. --- War reparations. --- Reparations --- Reparations, War --- War reparations --- Indemnity --- Balanced and restorative justice --- BARJ (Restorative justice) --- Community justice --- Restorative community justice --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Reparation (Criminal justice) --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Utilitarianism --- Post-conflict reconstruction --- Reconstruction, Postwar --- War and morals --- Jus ad bellum --- War (Philosophy) --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Religious aspects --- Arts and Humanities

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Law --- Political science

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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social ethics --- Natural law --- Hobbes, Thomas

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Business ethics --- Social ethics --- Social groups --- -Moral and ethical aspects --- Law --- -Philosophy