简介:Towhatextentislawaclosedandautopoietic,andtowhatdegreeisitanopensysteminteractingwithothersocialstructures?1ThiscomplexquestioncanberegardedastheunderlyingguidelineofthepresentsurveyofAncientLaw.Thehistoricaldevelopmentoflaw,andprivatelawinparticular,wasnotthefocusofhistoricalandphilologicalstudiesinthetwentiethcentury.Attentionwaspaidtocertainstatutesofprominentlaw-giverssuchasHammurabiorSolon,orgrandlawcodificationssuchastheTwelveTables.