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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823318903321

Autore

Harris Edward Monroe

Titolo

Democracy and the rule of law in classical Athens : essays on law, society, and politics / / Edward M. Harris [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-16551-2

1-280-48038-6

0-511-22062-6

0-511-22118-5

0-511-21921-0

0-511-30898-1

0-511-49785-7

0-511-21989-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 486 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.5/38

Soggetti

Constitutional history - Greece - Athens - To 146 B.C

Rule of law (Greek law)

Democracy - Greece - Athens - History

Law, Greek

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Law and constitutional history -- Law and economy -- Law and the family -- Aspects of procedure -- Envoi.

Sommario/riassunto

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.