Democracy and the rule of law in classical Athens : essays on law, society, and politics / Edward M. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Edward Monroe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Greece--Athens.

Constitutional history.

Democracy.

History.

Rule of law.

Greece--Athens.

Rule of law--Greece--Athens--History.

Democracy--Greece--Athens--History.

Law, Greek.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 486 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Contents:

I Law and Constitutional History 1

1 Solon and the Spirit of the Law in Archaic and Classical Greece 3

2 Pericles' Praise of Athenian Democracy 29

3 Antigone the Lawyer, or the Ambiguities of Nomos 41

4 How Often Did the Athenian Assembly Meet? 81

5 When Did the Athenian Assembly Meet? Some New Evidence 103

6 Demosthenes and the Theoric Fund 121

II Law and Economy 141

1 Law and Economy in Classical Athens: [Demosthenes] Against Dionysodorus 143

2 When Is a Sale Not a Sale? The Riddle of Athenian Terminology for Real Security Revisited 163

3 Apotimema: Athenian Terminology for Real Security in Leases and Dowry Agreements 207

4 The Liability of Business Partners in Athenian Law: The Dispute between Lycon and Megacleides ([Dem.] 52.20-1) 241

5 Did Solon Abolish Debt-Bondage? 249

6 Notes on a Lead Letter from the Athenian Agora 271

III Law and the Family 281

1 Did the Athenians Regard Seduction as a Worse Crime than Rape? 283

2 Did Rape Exist in Classical Athens? Further Reflections on the Laws about Sexual Violence 297

3A Women and Lending in Athenian Society: A Horos Re-Examined 333

3B Notes on a Horos from the Athenian Agora 347

4 The Date of Apollodorus' Speech against Timotheus and Its Implications for Athenian History and Legal Procedure 355

5 A Note on Adoption and Deme Registration 365

IV Aspects of Procedure 371

1 "In the Act" or "Red-Handed"? Apagoge to the Eleven and Furtum Manifestum 373

2 How to Kill in Attic Greek: The Semantics of the Verb [characters not reproducible] and Their Implications for Athenian Homicide Law 391

3 The Penalty for Frivolous Prosecution in Athenian Law 405

V Envoi 423

1 Pheidippides the Legislator: A Note on Aristophanes' Clouds 425.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-450) and indexes.

ISBN:

052185279X

OCLC:

62085400

Publisher Number:

9780521857598

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