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Author: Edward M. Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 0199899169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Law in Action in Democratic Athens is the first extensive study of the importance of the rule of law in Athenian democracy.
Author: Raphael Sealey
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 1990-10-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 027107292X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces continuity in the development of the Athenian constitution, whereas previous studies have usually looked for catastrophic changes. Sealey selects three features of Athenian law which are important for the structure of society and the location of authority: (1) the legal status, and to a lesser extent the socioeconomic condition, of the different kinds of inhabitants of Attica; (2) the distinction, recognized in the fourth century, between "laws" and "decrees," analyzing what the Athians understood by "law"; and (3) the development of the Athenian courts. At an early stage the Athenians conceived the ideal of the rule of law and adhered to it continuously. They did so by means of a static concept of law and maintenance of an independent judiciary. The book is designed to be of importance not only for specialists in classical studies but for general historians, political scientists, and those concerned with the history of law. The book is within the reach of an advanced undergraduate and graduate audience.
Author: Edward M. Harris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-04-17
Total Pages: 21
ISBN-13: 113945689X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Raphael Sealey
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces continuity in the development of the Athenian constitution, whereas previous studies have usually looked for catastrophic changes. Sealey selects three features of Athenian law which are important for the structure of society and the location of authority: (1) the legal status, and to a lesser extent the socioeconomic condition, of the different kinds of inhabitants of Attica; (2) the distinction, recognized in the fourth century, between "laws" and "decrees," analyzing what the Athians understood by "law"; and (3) the development of the Athenian courts. At an early stage the Athenians conceived the ideal of the rule of law and adhered to it continuously. They did so by means of a static concept of law and maintenance of an independent judiciary. The book is designed to be of importance not only for specialists in classical studies but for general historians, political scientists, and those concerned with the history of law. The book is within the reach of an advanced undergraduate and graduate audience.
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780511220623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis brings together essays on Athenian law by Edward 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.
Author: David Cohen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-10-05
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780521388375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, this analysis of the legal regulation of violence in Athenian society challenges traditional accounts of the development of the legal process. It examines theories of social conflict and the rule of law as well as actual litigation.
Author: Bede Laracy
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: 2009-06-07
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9783838302461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter the reign of tyranny in Athens in 6th century BC, the idea of democracy began to emerge through the reforms of Cleisthenes, and Athens developed into a mature democratic community by mid 5th century BC. By the end of the 5th century, Athens was in turmoil after losing the Peloponnesian War. Rather than self-destructing, however, Athens established an internal stability that would last until the entry of Philip of Macedon. What enabled this stability was the tempering of demotic power with the rule of law. The topic of the work has been well debated over time. This work seeks to help bring together what is otherwise a large body of complex material. It scopes out the development of democracy, and looks at how Athens overcame problems along the way. It ultimately argues that the rule of law was a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for stability within democratic Athens. This book offers newcomers to Athenian history a useful overview of the history and developments of the Athenian democracy. It also offers the more advanced reader some in-depth discussion of particular aspects of Athenian history.
Author: Peter John Rhodes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780195221404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAthens' democracy developed during the sixth and fifth centuries and continued into the fourth; Athens' defeat by Macedon in 322 began a series of alternations between democracy and oligarchy. The democracy was inseparably bound up with the ideals of liberty and equality, the rule of law, and the direct government of the people by the people. Liberty means above all freedom of speech, the right to be heard in the public assembly and the right to speak one's mind in private. Equality meant the equal right of male citizens (perhaps 60,000 in the fifth century, 30,000 in the fourth) to participate in the government of the state and the administration of the law. Disapproved of as a mob rule until the nineteenth century, the institutions of Athenian democracy have become an inspiration for modern democratic politics and political philosophy. P. J. Rhodes's reader focuses on the political institutions, political activity, history, and nature of Athenian democracy and introduces some of the best British, American, German, and French scholarship on its origins, theory, and practice. Part I is devoted to political institutions: citizenship, the assembly, the law-courts, and capital punishment. Part II explores aspects of political activity: the demagogues and their relationship with the assembly, the maneuverings of the politicians, competitive festivals, and the separation of public from private life. Part III looks at three crucial points in the development of the democracy: the reforms of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes. Part IV considers what it was in Greek life that led to the development of democracy. Some of the authors adopt broad-brush approaches to major questions; others analyze a particular body of evidence in detail. Use is made of archeology, comparison with other societies, the location of festivals in their civic context, and the need to penetrate behind what the classical Athenians made of their past.
Author: Konstantinos A. Kapparis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-26
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1317177517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAthenian Law and Society focuses upon the intersection of law and society in classical Athens, in relation to topics like politics, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, gender studies, economics, citizenship, slavery, crime, and violence. The book explores the circumstances and broader context which led to the establishment of the laws of Athens, and how these laws influenced the lives and action of Athenian citizens, by examining a wide range of sources from classical and late antique history and literature. Kapparis also explores later literature on Athenian law from the Renaissance up to the 20th and 21st centuries, examining the long-lasting impact of the world’s first democracy. Athenian Law and Society is a study of the intersection between law and society in classical Athens that has a wide range of applications to study of the Athenian polis, as well as law, democracy, and politics in both classical and more modern settings.
Author: Jenifer Neils
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-02-18
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1108484557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.
