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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 480 pages) , digital, PDF file(s)

ISBN: 9781139000758

Series Statement: Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Content: This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, deal with procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras; areas that offer substantial evidence for legal practice, such as Crete and Egypt; the intersection of law with religion, philosophy, political theory, rhetoric, and drama, as well as the unity of Greek law and the role of writing in law. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among specialists

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015) , Introduction , PART 1: LAW IN GREECE ; The unity of Greek law , Writing, law, and written law , Law and religion , Early Greek law , PART 2: LAW IN ATHENS I: PROCEDURE ; Law and oratory at Athens , Relevance in Athenian courts , Differentiated rhetorical strategies in the Athenian courts , The role of the witness in Athenian law , Theories of punishment , The rhetoric of law in fourth-century athens , PART 3: LAW IN ATHENS II: SUBSTANTIVE LAW ; Crime, punishment, and the rule of law in classical Athens , Gender, sexuality, and law , Family and property law , Athenian citizenship law , Commercial law , PART 4: LAW OUTSIDE ATHENS ; The Gortyn laws , Greek law in foreign surroundings: continuity and development , Greek law in the Hellenistic Perios: family and marriage , PART 5: OTHER APPROACHES TO GREEK LAW ; Law, attic comedy, and the regulation of comic speech , Greek tragedy and law , Law and political theory , Law and nature in Greek thought

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780521818407

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780521521598

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780521818407

Language: English

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