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Mesopotamian court records from Nippur and Larsa show legal decisions often diverged from Hammurabi's code, with judges frequently applying local customs and pr
by ethan_smith 1y ago
Mesopotamian court records from Nippur and Larsa show legal decisions often diverged from Hammurabi's code, with judges frequently applying local customs and precedent rather than citing the written laws.
- samrus 1y agoFederal versus local authority? Crazy how mesopotamia was advanced enough to deal with these problems all that time ago