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Analyzing the "democratic" features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century B.C., Martin Ostwald traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted.

Law, Greek. --- Law --- Constitutional history --- Rule of law --- Democracy. --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Greek law --- Law, Ancient --- History. --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government. --- Law, Greek --- Law - Greece - Athens - History --- Constitutional history - Greece - Athens - To 146 B.C --- Rule of law - Greece - Athens --- Democracy --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government --- accountability. --- administration of justice. --- ancestral law. --- ancient greece. --- ancient greek history. --- antigone. --- assembly. --- athenian democracy. --- athens. --- cleisthenes. --- constitutional law. --- courts. --- democracy. --- democratic. --- ephialtes. --- fifth century bc. --- government control. --- governments and governing. --- internal policy. --- judicial reform. --- jury courts. --- law. --- legal history. --- legal. --- legislation. --- magistrates. --- polarization. --- politics. --- popular sovereignty. --- religion. --- religious norms. --- scrutiny. --- social norms. --- social order. --- social thought. --- society. --- solon. --- sophocles. --- Rule of law.