Lost in translation : present-day terms in the maintenance texts of the nadi?tu from old Babylonian Nippur

Present-day terms such as the usufruct - in civil law systems - and its equivalent, the life-right - in common law systems - were foreign to ancient Near Eastern legal texts. Prima facie both terms - usufruct and life-right - direct the "time-limited interest" of the use and enjoyment by a...

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Autore principale: Van Wyk, Susandra J. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: 2014
In: Journal for semitics
Anno: 2014, Volume: 23, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 443-483
Accesso online: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)