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Control of the laws in the ancient democracy at Athens

"Classicist Carawan explores changes in the judicial review of laws in ancient democratic Athens over time. Reassessing the accumulated evidence, he constructs a new model of how the courts shaped Athenian lawmaking. He also compares the judiciary of ancient Athens to that of the modern United...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carawan, Edwin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Colección:Cultural histories of the ancient world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The People and the Law : Demos and Nomos
  • Making Law and Mending the Constitution
  • Judges and Lawmakers
  • "Unlawful Action" (Paranoma) and the Case of the Arginousai Generals
  • Privileged Characters: Aristocrates' Shield for Charidemos
  • Outrage : The Case against Androtion
  • Breaking the Bargain : The Case against Leptines' Law
  • The Aftermath of Chaironeia
  • The Crown Case Comes to Trial
  • Law's Measure