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Ancient Law
Minor Only

This program treats law not as a technical profession but as a liberal arts subject, one of the major achievements of human civilization. It considers fundamental questions of law like, What is a contract? or What is a crime? by seeing them through the eyes of societies with legal systems utterly different from our own. The minor is an interdepartmental program of the Classics and Near Eastern Studies departments, covering Assyrian, Babylonian, Biblical, Egyptian, Greek, Hittite, Roman and Sumerian law, and more.

Departmental Homepage
Direct access to the department’s undergraduate information and their own description of their programs.
http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/undergrad-prog.html

Scheduling

Suggested First Semester Course(s)

• An introductory survey course in ancient law
• A survey course in ancient history and civilization
• Perhaps begin study of an ancient language

Minor Checklist
A checklist which can be used for exploring the requirements of a potential minor and for monitoring your own degree progress.

Last modified: September 4, 2008