Democratic Law in Classical Athens / / Michael Gagarin.
The democratic legal system created by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no judges, lawyers, or jurists involved. It placed great importance on the litigants’ rhetorical performances. Did this make it nothing more than a rhetorical contest judged by largely uneducate...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Democracy
- Chapter 2 Performance
- Chapter 3 Negotiation
- Chapter 4 Rhetoric
- Chapter 5 Rules and Relevance
- Chapter 6 Justice
- Chapter 7 Public Interest
- Chapter 8 The Rule of Law
- Chapter 9 The Success of Democratic Law
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Texts
- General Index