You have no items in your shopping cart.
Close
Search
Filters

The Scope and Contents of Chingis Khan's Yasa

Genghis Khan's law code, the Yasa, survives in fragments. This article lists the known provisions, from Berhebraeus, Juwaini, and Arab sources; Vernadsky considers it a supplement to Mongol custom for the multinational Empire.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Availability: In stock
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61143-923-6
  • *
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Apr 23,2014
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 28
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-61143-923-6
$36.00
Your price: $21.60
Ship to
*
*
Shipping Method
Name
Estimated Delivery
Price
No shipping options

This article outlines the scope of Genghis Khan's law code, the Yasa, which survives only in quotations and references. In so doing, Vernadsky adds to the conventional Arabic sources on the Yasa by consulting the Syriac polymath Barhebraeus, and the Life of the Conqueror of the World by the Persian Juwaini, both of whom mention Genghis' laws extensively. After a comprehensive survey of the known enactments by subject, Vernadsky concludes that the Yasa was not a compilation of Mongol traditional law, but a set of provisions accommodating old laws to a new multinational empire.

This article outlines the scope of Genghis Khan's law code, the Yasa, which survives only in quotations and references. In so doing, Vernadsky adds to the conventional Arabic sources on the Yasa by consulting the Syriac polymath Barhebraeus, and the Life of the Conqueror of the World by the Persian Juwaini, both of whom mention Genghis' laws extensively. After a comprehensive survey of the known enactments by subject, Vernadsky concludes that the Yasa was not a compilation of Mongol traditional law, but a set of provisions accommodating old laws to a new multinational empire.

Write your own review
  • Only registered users can write reviews
*
*
Bad
Excellent
*
*
*
*
Contributor

GeorgeVernadsky

  • Title Page (page 3)
  • Copyright Page (page 4)
  • I (page 5)
  • II (page 7)
  • III (page 11)
    • I. International Law (page 12)
    • II. Public Law (page 14)
    • III. Criminal Law (page 22)
    • IV. Private Law (page 24)
    • V. Commercial Law (page 26)
    • VI. Judiciary, Legal Procedure (page 26)
    • VII. Fixation of the Code, Subsidiary Legislation (page 26)
  • IV (page 27)
Customers who bought this item also bought
Picture of Shiʿite Rulers, Sunni Rivals, and Christians in Between

Shiʿite Rulers, Sunni Rivals, and Christians in Between

A historical study of the Fāṭimid caliphate in Palestine and Egypt during the fourth/tenth and fifth/eleventh centuries.
$95.00 $57.00
ImageFromGFF

Kassia the Nun in Context

Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium in the only woman whose works were included in the corpus of liturgical hymns. This volume explores Kassia’s thought on Christology, on gender, and on monasticism itself. It provides readers with an opportunity to know this woman of remarkable intellect, wit, and piety by drawing primarily on her own words. Kassia’s is one of the only female voices from ninth-century Byzantium and this volume accordingly examines her reflections on gender in the context of her society and concludes that she represents a perspective that might be described as feminist.
$123.00 $73.80
ImageFromGFF

Syrisch-Nestorianische Grabinschriften aus Semirjetschie

This pamphlet contains 206 Syriac inscriptions, sorted by date, attesting to the Nestorian presence in Central Asia
$153.00 $91.80
ImageFromGFF

An Eastern Embassy to Europe in the Years 1287-8

Rabban Sauma, a Syriac monk, travelled to Europe in 1287 as a diplomatic representative of the Mongols; this is his own account of his travels, the first translation into English.
$35.00 $21.00