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Nikitina, A. D. Peculiarities of Legal Culture in the Northern Mesopotamia during the Pre-Empire Period

Abstract: The article is devoted to peculiarities of formation of legal culture in the North of Mesopotamia in the period since XX till XIII BC (before an empire was created in the considered territory). The author of the article describes peculiarities of legal culture in the mentioned region on the basis of a detailed research of public law documents: Middle Assyrian laws and private law sources discovered in Assur and trade centers of the Asia Minor – Kanesh and Alishar. The leading role of such trade unions was played by Assur’s descendants who did not only keep close ties with metropolis but also governed trade colonies by the means of legal institutions very similar to the institutions in their native land. The main legal instrument of trade was the social court that was the copy of the existing judicial system in Assur. Decisions made at such courts became precedents that could be used as a source of public laws and law enforcement acts in the future.

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history, legal culture, judicial authorities, exemption law, sources of the public law, private law document, law-enforcement acts, advocate, legal cases, court procedure.

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