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Democracy and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens: Essays on Law, Society, and Politics

By Edward M. Harris

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0511497857, 9780511497858
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5554922 bytes)
Edition
ebook
Pages
0\499
Topic
History
Time added
2019-11-26 08:06:01

Description

This volume brings together essays on Athenian law by Edward M. Harris, who challenges much of the recent scholarship on this topic. Presenting a balanced analysis of the legal system in ancient Athens, Harris stresses the importance of substantive issues and their contribution to our understanding of different types of legal procedures. He combines careful philological analysis with close attention to the political and social contexts of individual statutes. Collectively, the essays in this volume demonstrate the relationship between law and politics, the nature of the economy, the position of women, and the role of the legal system in Athenian society. They also show that the Athenians were more sophisticated in their approach to legal issues than has been assumed in the modern scholarship on this topic.

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