Ancient laws and modern problems the balance between justice and a legal system sassoon john isbn 9781841501239 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Ancient laws and modern problems the balance between justice and a legal system sassoon john isbn 9780953696994 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Download citation ancient laws and modern problems the balance between justice and a legal system john sassoons study of the written laws of four thousand years ago puts paid to the belief . Comparison of ancient with modern principles occupies the remainder and is bound to be controversial but it is important as well as fascinating the first act of writing laws diminished the discretion of the judges and foretold a limit on individual justice some political principles such as uniformity of treatment or individual freedom have when carried to extremes produced crises in modern legal systems world wide. John sassoons study of the written laws of four thousand years ago puts paid to the belief that the most ancient laws were merely arbitrary and tyrannical on the contrary the earliest legal systems honestly tried to get to the truth do justice to individuals and preserve civil order they used the death penalty surprisingly seldom and then more because society had been threatened than an