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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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Auteur principal: Carawan, Edwin (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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