Law and justice in the courts of classical Athens /

Adriaan Lanni draws on contemporary legal thinking to present a new model of the legal system of classical Athens. She analyzes the Athenians' preference in most cases for ad hoc, discretionary decision-making, as opposed to what moderns would call the rule of law. Lanni argues that the Athenia...

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Tác giả chính: Lanni, Adriaan, 1972-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Mục lục:
  • Introduction
  • Athens and its legal system
  • Relevance in the popular courts
  • The homicide courts
  • Legal insecurity in Athens
  • Maritime cases
  • Conclusions.