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Title Page of Das babylonische Strafrecht Hammurabis

Carl Stooss · 1903

The title page of a 1903 German scholarly study of Hammurabi's criminal law by Carl Stooss.

This title page introduces a scholarly analysis of Hammurabi's criminal law code, part of his lasting legal legacy.

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Title page of the 1903 German work 'Das babylonische Strafrecht Hammurabis' by Professor Dr. Carl Stooss in Wien. Top right reads 'Vom Verfasser'. Below the title, it notes it is from the Schweizerischen Zeitschrift für Strafrecht, 16th volume, 1st and 2nd issues, 1903, printed in Bern by Buchdruckerei Stämpfli & Cie.
Carl Stooss, title page of Das babylonische Strafrecht Hammurabis, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Strafrecht, 1903.

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This is the title page of a 1903 article by Professor Carl Stooss, titled 'Das babylonische Strafrecht Hammurabis' ('The Babylonian Criminal Law of Hammurabi'). It was published in the Swiss Journal of Criminal Law and printed in Bern.

Why it matters

This document shows how European legal scholars in the early twentieth century studied Hammurabi's code specifically as a system of criminal law, comparing ancient Babylonian justice to modern legal thinking. It reflects the wide academic interest that followed the rediscovery of Hammurabi's laws.

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  • What does the formal, academic layout of this title page tell you about how seriously scholars took Hammurabi's code?
  • Why might a Swiss criminal law journal be interested in an ancient Babylonian king's laws?
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