Early Ancient Near Eastern Law. A History of Its Beginnings: The Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods

Preface 
Introduction
1. Sources of law 
1.1 Law codes and edicts 
1.2 Administrative orders and appeals to higher authority
1.3 Private legal documents 
1.4 Scholastic documents 
1.5 Non legal sources 

2. Constitutional and administrative law 
2.1 Organs of government

3. Litigation 
3.1 Terminology 
3.2. The parties 
3.3 Procedure 
3.4 Self help 
3.5 Settlement out of court

4. Personal status 
4.1 Citizenship 
4.2 Class 
4.3 Gender and age 
4.4 Slavery

5. Family 
5.1 Marriage

6. Property and inheritance 
6.1 Tenure 
6.2 Inheritance

7. Treaty 
7.1 Indirect Attestation 
7.2 The treaty of E'anatum of Lagaš with Eanakale of Umma 
7.3 The Treaty of Naram-Su'en of Agade with an Elamite Ruler

8. Contract 
8.1 Sale 
8.2 Exchange 
8.3 Loan 
8.4 Pledge 
8.5 Suretyship 
8.6 Hire 
8.7 Oath

9. Delict and crime

Indices 
1. Terms 
2. Names 
a) Deities 
b) Persons 
c) Geographical Names 
3. Words 
a) Akkadian 
b) Sumerian and logograms 
4. Sources quoted

Abbreviations 
General abbreviations 
Bibliographic abbreviations 
Bibliography Additions 2006 
Additions to the Abbreviations 
Additions to the Bibliography

Appendix: Recently published Old Sumerian and Sargonic legal documents from Adab, Zabalam, Umm al-Hafriyat and elsewhere