TY - JOUR TI - Philosophy of Law and Procedural Law in „The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant” AU - Czabanowski, Wojciech TI - Philosophy of Law and Procedural Law in „The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant” AB - The aim of this study is to reconstruct (1) the ethics and the philosophy of law and the state contained in The Eloquent Peasant, in particular in the Peasant’s nine complaints, and (2) the elements of procedural law of the Heracleopolitan monarchy according to the version presented in the story, and (3) to define the concept of Ma’at as it is used in the tale. The Eloquent Peasant is a piece of ancient Egyptian widsom literature piece, composed during the First Intermediate Period, picking up the theme of law, public administration and corruption. VL - Volume 9 (2016) IS - Volume, 9 Issue 4 PY - 2017 SN - 2084-4115 C1 - 2084-4131 SP - 453 EP - 470 DO - 10.4467/20844131KS.16.023.6323 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kshpp/article/filozofia-prawa-i-prawo-proceduralne-w-opowiesci-o-elokwentnym-wiesniaku KW - history of law of ancient Egypt KW - history of philosophy of ancient Egypt KW - ancient Egyptian law KW - philosophy of ancient Egypt KW - procedural law KW - First Intermediate Period.