НОВИ ПОГЛЕД НА ХАМУРАБИЈЕВ ЗАКОНИК (I део)
A NEW INSIGHT ON THE CODE OF HAMMURABI (I)

Summary/Abstract: This paper offers the first complete translation of the Code of Hammurabi into Serbian, including about thirty reconstructed damaged norms of the original stella text (66–99), mainly following Martha Roth’s edition. It also contains the author’s comprehensive comments to the provisions of the Code, and his reflections on the most important innovations introduced by this Babylonian legal scripture. The author tries to perceive and analyze the complex nature of the Code from a new angle. The author calls attention to the unique blending of customs and law in the Code, as two substantially different sources of law. He stresses out the specific nature of the Code, which lies somewhere between the code in the full meaning of the word and a collection of judgements, as well as the substantial changes that were brought by the Code in the field of „social policy“ of the time. All of this may clearly show how much the contemporary legal culture owes to the Summerian-Acadian legal tradition, represented by this Code at its best and to the fullest extent possible.

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