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The Athenian republic : democracy or the rule of law?
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ISBN: 0271004436 9780271004433 Year: 1987 Publisher: University Park Pennsylvania State university press


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Ancient Athenian maritime courts
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ISBN: 0691092273 1322884641 0691618941 1400867819 9780691092270 Year: 1973 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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Athenian power and prosperity in the fourth century B.C. was based largely on commerce. The complex litigation arising from commercial activities was heard in special maritime courts, dikai emporikai, the subject of this monograph. Using both ancient and secondary sources, Edward E. Cohen has pieced together the evolution of these courts and has explored their procedure and jurisdiction. He successfully treats the much-discussed problem of why they were termed "monthly," and makes it clear that "supranationality" was a feature of all Hellenic maritime law. He shows conclusively that their jurisdiction was limited ratione rerum, not ratione personarum, because a legally defined "commercial class" did not exist in Athens at this time. Classicists and lawyers alike will find this a fascinating study. It not only contributes to our understanding of the Athens of Plato, Aristotle, and Demosthenes, but also points out that certain principles of Athenian maritime law are still imbedded in the modern international law of maritime commerce.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


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Use and abuse of law in the Athenian courts
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ISBN: 9789004377875 9004377875 9004377891 9789004377899 Year: 2019 Volume: 419 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This timely volume brings together leading scholars and rising researchers in the field to examine the role played by the law in thinking and practice in the legal system of classical Athens. The aim is not to find a single perspective or method for the study of Athenian law but to explore the subject from a variety of different angles. The focus of the collection on 'use and abuse' raises fundamental questions about the status of law in the Athenian constitution as well as the use of law(s) in the courts, the nature of law itself, and the elusiveness of a definition of 'abuse'. An introduction sketches the major developments in the field over the last century

The lawcourts at Athens : sites, buildings, equipment, procedure, and testimonia.
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ISBN: 0876612281 9780876612286 Year: 1995 Volume: 28 Publisher: Princeton American school of classical studies at Athens

Law, violence, and community in classical Athens
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ISBN: 9780521381673 9780511620300 9780521388375 0521381673 0521388376 0511620306 Year: 1995 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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The theme of this book is the legal regulation of violence and the role of litigation in Athenian society. Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, David Cohen challenges traditional evolutionary and functionalist accounts of the development of legal process. Examining Athenian theories of social conflict and the rule of law, as well as actual litigation involving the regulation of violence, he emphasises the way in which the judicial process operates in an agonistic social field. This perspective illuminates the social dimensions of litigation and the legal regulation of violence, and helps to explain otherwise puzzling features of Athenian litigation.

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