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Control of the laws in the ancient democracy at Athens [electronic resource] / Edwin Carawan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural histories of the ancient worldPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (x, 308 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421439501
  • 1421439506
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 347.38/5012 23
LOC classification:
  • KL4361.32.A75
Online resources:
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 -- Breaking the Bargain : The Case against Leptines' Law -- The Aftermath of Chaironeia -- The Crown Case Comes to Trial -- Law's Measure
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.
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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 -- Breaking the Bargain : The Case against Leptines' Law -- The Aftermath of Chaironeia -- The Crown Case Comes to Trial -- Law's Measure

"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.

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