Control of the laws in the ancient democracy at Athens / Edwin Carawan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carawan, Edwin, author.

Series:

Cultural histories of the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Greece--Athens--To 146 B.C.

Constitutional history.

Law, Greek.

Judicial process.

History.

Greece--Athens.

Judicial process--Greece--Athens--History--To 1500.

Law, Greek--Political aspects--Greece--Athens.

Judicial process (Greek law).

Politics and government.

Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.

Athens (Greece).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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 States"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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

Overthrowing the court: the case against Timokrates' surety law

Breaking the bargain: the case against Leptines' Law

The Aftermath of Chaironeia

The Crown Case Comes to Trial

Law's Measure

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781421439495

1421439492

OCLC:

1142016393

Publisher Number:

99989210447

40030282631