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Eye for an eye

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Miller, William Ian, 1946-

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Cambridge University Press

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Preface: A Theory of Justice?

ONE: Introductory Themes: Images of Evenness

The Scales of Justice

Just about words

Even and Odd

Just, Even, Quite, and Mere

Paying for Peace

TWO: The Talion

Getting Even?

The Compensation Principle

The Euphony of Eyes and Teeth

THREE: The Talionic Mint: Funny Money

Body Parts and Money

Paying Gods in Bodies and Blood

Cutting Up Bread, Cutting Up the Body

FOUR: The Proper Price of Property in an Eye

Property Rules and Liability Rules

Life Is Cheap?

FIVE:Teaching a Lesson: Pain and Poetic Justice

Instruction on Feeling Another's Pain

Deuteronomy's Artful Talionic Lesson

Coda: Mixing Metaphors: Paying Back and Paying For

SIX: A Pound of Flesh

Shearing fleece and eating (human) flesh

Have Mercy

The Humanizing Force of Vengefulness

SEVEN: Remember Me: Mnemonics, Debts (of Blood), and the Making of the Person

Burning in the Memory.

Bloody Tokens and the Relics of the Unavenged Dead

Remembering the Dead and Not Forgetting Oneself

The Happy Dead

Grief, Guilt, and Tormenting Ghosts

The Mnemonics of Wergeld and the Fragility of Well-Being

EIGHT: Dismemberment and Price Lists

Slave Values

The Sum of the Parts

Flipping the Bird

NINE: Of Hands, Hospitality, Personal Space, and Holiness

Hospitality and Mund

Hands and Reach

Wholly Holy

TEN: Satisfaction Not Guaranteed

Release of Pressure, or Filling the Void Up Full?

Serving Up Revenge: Bitter or Sweet

The Mind of the Vengeance Target: Regret, Remorse, Cluelessness

Killing Him or Keeping Him Alive for Scoffing, and Other Fine Points

ELEVEN: Comparing Values and the Ranking Game

The Politics of Comparing Values, or What's Eating the Incommensuralists

The Ranking Game

Ranking at a Viking Feast

TWELVE: Filthy Lucre and Holy Dollars

Dirty Dollars and the Making of Pricelessness.

Buying Back and the Sacred

Everything for Sale

Conclusion

Notes

One. Introductory Themes: Images of Evenness

Two. The Talion

Three. The Talionic Mint: Funny Money

Four. The Proper Price of Property in an Eye

Five. Teaching a Lesson: Pain and Poetic Justice

Six. A Pound of Flesh

Seven. Remember Me: Mnemonics, Debts (of Blood), and the Making of the Person

Eight. Dismemberment and Price Lists

Nine. Of Hands, Hospitality, Personal Space, and Holiness

Ten. Satisfaction Not Guaranteed

Eleven. Comparing Values and the Ranking Game

Twelve. Filthy Lucre and Holy Dollars

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Subjects

Comparative
Customary
Customary law
Droit ancien
Droit coutumier
Eigenrichting
Electronic books
Government
Histoire
History
Klassieke oudheid
LAW
Law, Ancient
Law, Primitive
LAW -- Customary
Lex talionis
Lex talionis -- History
Loi du Talion
Loi du Talion -- Histoire
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative
Rättsväsen
Rättsväsen -- antiken
Talionsprincipen
Vergelding

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9780521856805
051113553
9780511201899
9780511312014
9780511137709
9780511135538
9780511183775
9781107155824
9780511511059

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