Early Greek Law / Michael Gagarin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gagarin, Michael, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1989]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Law in Human Society

2. The Settlement of Disputes in Early Greek Literature

3. Early Written Laws: The Literary Evidence

4. Early Written Laws: The Inscriptional Evidence

5. Justice in Early Greece

6. The Emergence of Written Law

7. Conclusion

Abbreviations and Bibliography

Subject Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [147]-156.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612383014

9781282383012

1282383019

9780520909168

052090916X

9780585160290

0585160295

OCLC:

630528610