CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Editorial preface 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. Introduction 5
5. PART ONE
6. I. Apperceptions and categorizations 7
7. II. The Mesopotamian and biblical laws of the goring ox: Some categorical considerations 14
8. III. The laws of the goring ox 20
9. IV. The Mesopotamian laws and their contexts 21
10. V. The biblical rules 25
11. VI. Reflections 39
12. PART TWO
13. VII. The trial of animals: The intellectual background of the inquiry 48
14. VIII. The classical sources and the ethnographic evidence 58
15. IX. Animal trials in medieval Europe 64
16. X. The deodands in early English law 73
17. XI. Animal trials in the United States 81
18. Editorial epilogue 86
19. Index 87