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The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece
The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece
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How successful were the Athenians and other Greeks in bringing about the rule of law? What did the Greeks recognise as 'law' both in the 'polis' and internationally? How did the courts attempt to implement this ideal, and how successful were they?
This collection of essays sets out to answer these questions, focussing on the following themes: law, religion and the sources of legitimacy; substance and procedure; legal arguments in court; documents and witnesses; and law in an international context. There is much here to interest not only specialists in Greek law, but also those concerned more generally with both Greek history and the history of law.
Contributors: Christopher Carey, Angelos Chaniotis, Michael Gagarin, Edward M. Harris, Adriaan Lanni, F.S. Naiden, Robert Parker, Peter J. Rhodes, Lene Rubinstein, James Sickinger.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Edward M. Harris & Lene Rubinstein
I. Law, Religion, and the Sources of Legitimacy
1. Antigone the Lawyer, or the Ambiguities of Nomos, Edward M. Harris
2. What are Sacred Laws?, Robert Parker
3. Supplication and the Law, F.S. Naiden
II. The Role of Law in the Athenian Courts
4. The Laws of Athens: Publication, Preservation, Consultation, James Sickinger
5. Offence and Procedure in Athenian Law, Christopher Carey
III. Legal Arguments in the Attic Orators
6. Keeping to the Point, Peter J. Rhodes
7. Arguing from 'Precedent': Modern Perspectives on Athenian Practice, Adriaan Lanni
IV. The Rule of Law Outside Athens
8. The Rule of Law in Gortyn, Michael Gagarin
9. Justifying Territorial Claims in Classical and Hellenistic Greece: The Beginnings of International Law, Angelos Chaniotis
Index locorum
Product details
| Published | Mar 18 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9780715631171 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 240 x 165 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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