{"product_id":"the-forensic-stage-settling-disputes-in-graeco-roman-new-comedy-hardback-9780521443838","title":"The Forensic Stage; Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy (Hardback) 9780521443838","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Forensic Stage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSettling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis pioneering work explores how legal disputes were settled out of court in fourth-century BC Athens and second-century BC Rome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdele C. Scafuro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521443838, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 November 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.4 cm, 0.875 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 remarkably learned and elegantly produced volume that is bound to be frequently consulted by scholars and students of law and comedy alike for many years to come.' Brill\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGraeco-Roman New Comedy has traditionally provided a source for legal historians examining the language and operation of law both in Athens in the fourth century and in Rome in the second century BC. Adele Scafuro here provides the first comprehensive treatment in English of one crucial area of this vast field, namely, the way legal disputes are settled out of court in Athens, both on and off the comic stage. Beginning with a close examination of pre-trial scenarios in the Attic orators and looking for comparable ones in pre-classical Roman law, Dr Scafuro then turns to the plays of Greek New Comedy and their adaptations by Plautus and Terence. There she identifies similar scenarios especially in disputes concerning sexual violations, the marriages of heiresses, and divorces. She shows how the recognition of legal procedures aids interpretation of New Comedy texts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Pre-Trial Plays: 1. The staging of dispute settlement\u003cbr\u003e 2. Initiating justice: threat, summons, and arrest\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reconciliation and its Rhetoric: 3. Private arbitration and reconciliation in Athens and Rome\u003cbr\u003e 4. Scenarios of arbitration and reconciliation in New Comedy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Redress for sexual offences in Athenian and Roman law\u003cbr\u003e 6. The resolution of seduction and rape in New Comedy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Arguing behind closed doors\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Playing on the Boundaries of the Law: 8. Entrapment and framing\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: 1. Official arbitration in the Attic orators\u003cbr\u003e 2. Private arbitrations and reconciliations in Athens\u003cbr\u003e 3. Remedies for enslavement, kidnapping and slave-stealing in Athens and Rome\u003cbr\u003e 4. Controversial summonses in Rudens and Persa\u003cbr\u003e 5. Threats of lawsuits and self-help remedies in Graeco-Roman New Comedy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ambiguous arbitri in Roman comedy\u003cbr\u003e 7. Moikhos and moikheia.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005311144216,"sku":"9780521443838","price":59.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521607070_7cd1fc65-1bdf-49d7-8980-65e7b4fb4dd0.jpg?v=1691381948","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-forensic-stage-settling-disputes-in-graeco-roman-new-comedy-hardback-9780521443838","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}