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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| Språk: | engelska |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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Innehållsförteckning:
- Introduction
- Athens and its legal system
- Relevance in the popular courts
- The homicide courts
- Legal insecurity in Athens
- Maritime cases
- Conclusions.