{"product_id":"democracy-and-the-rule-of-law-in-classical-athens-essays-on-law-society-and-politics-paperback-9781107459519","title":"Democracy and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens; Essays on Law, Society, and Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107459519","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Law, Society, and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume brings together essays on Athenian law by Edward M. Harris, who challenges much of the recent scholarship on this topic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward M. Harris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107459519, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this is a useful book. ...belongs in every university library, and especially on the reserve shelf for seminars on Greek Law and History.  --Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 11\/24\/2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Law and Constitutional History: 1. Solon and the spirit of the law in archaic and classical Greece\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pericles' praise of Athenian democracy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Antigone the lawyer, or the ambiguities of Nomos\u003cbr\u003e 4. How often did the Athenian assembly meet?\u003cbr\u003e 5. When did the Athenian assembly meet?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Demosthenes and the Theoric fund\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Law and Economy: 7. Law and economy\u003cbr\u003e 8. When is a sale not a sale? The riddle of Athenian technology for real security revisited\u003cbr\u003e 9. Apotimema: the terminology for real security in leases and dowry agreements\u003cbr\u003e 10. The liability of business partners in Athenian law\u003cbr\u003e 11. Did Solon abolish debt-bondage?\u003cbr\u003e 12. Notes on a lead letter from the Athenian Agora\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Law and Family: 13. Did the Athenians regard seduction as a crime worse than rape\u003cbr\u003e 14. Did rape exist in classical Athens? Further reflections on sexual violence in ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e 15. Women and leading in classical Athens: a Horos re-examined\u003cbr\u003e 16. The date of Apollodorus' speech against Timotheus and its implications for Athenian history and legal procedure\u003cbr\u003e 17. A note on adoption and deme registration\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Aspects of Procedure: 18. In the act or red-handed? Furtum manifestum and Apagoge to the eleven\u003cbr\u003e 19. How to kill in attic Greek: the semantic of the verb and its implication\u003cbr\u003e 20. The penalties for frivolous prosecution in Athenian law\u003cbr\u003e Part V. 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