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Greek Law

Droit et justice dans le monde grec et hellénistique
by Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski, edited by Jakub Urbanik
(Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement 10, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 2008)
Hardback. Price GB £75.00

Demosthenes: Speeches 39-49
translated by Adele C. Scafuro
This volume contains eleven law court speeches ascribed to Demosthenes, though modern scholars believe that only two or three of them are actually his. Most of the speeches here concern inheriting an estate, recovering debts owed to an estate, or exchanging someone else's estate for one's own. 400p (Universtity of Texas Press 2011)
Paperback. Price GB £16.99

Speeches from Athenian Law
by Michael Gagarin
The Oratory of Classical Greece series from the University of Texas Press makes available accessible and scholarly translations of all surviving Greek oratory from the late fifth and fourth centuries. This volume is a worthy addition: it assembles twenty-two speeches previously published in the series that illustrate a wide range of aspects of Greek law. Homicide, assault, commercial law, civic status, sexual offences and other questions ...
Paperback. Price GB £16.99

Law and Drama in Ancient Greece
edited by Edward M. Harris, Delfim F. Leao and P.J. Rhodes
Law and Drama as Athenian institutions saw extremely high levels of participation from its citizens,and both tragedy and comedy depict interactions with the law, and use extensive legal terminology and frameworks. This collection of essays examines this intersection between law and drama, discussing the portrayal of trials such as that of Orestes in Aeschylus, or the assembly in Aristophanes Knights, as well as how Athenian attitudes to the ...
Hardback. Price GB £50.00

Divine Talk: Religious Argumentation in Demosthenes
by Gunther Martin
Gunther Martin examines the references to religion in the speeches of Demosthenes and other Athenian orators in the 4th century BC. In Part I he demonstrates the role religion plays in the rhetorical strategy of speeches in political trials: his main argument is that speakers had to be consistent in their approach to religion throughout their career. It was not possible to change from being a pragmatic to a 'religious' speaker and back, but it ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Writing Greek Law
by Michael Gagarin
This engaging study considers the role of writing in the development of Greek law. From its earliest manifestations Greek law was not merely written down, but was displayed in public, with several large monumental structures still bearing early law codes. At the same time, Gagarin shows, writing played a relatively small part in Greek judicial proceedings. Both of these features, he argues stemmed from public pressure, and meant that the law was ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00

Women Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society Vol 2 Greece
by Elisabeth Meier Tetlow
This work explores the role of gender in the formation and administration of ancient law and examines the many gender categories and relationships established in ancient law, including legal personhood, access to courts, citizenship, political office, religious office, professions, marriage, inheritance, and property ownership. 352p b/w pls (Continuum 2005)
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £12.95

Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens
by David Cohen
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, Cohen challenges traditional evolutionary and functionalist accounts of the development of legal process, and offers a new interpretation of the social and political dimensions of legal process. `While most studies of the Athenian legal process rely primarily upon analysis of ...
Paperback. Price GB £16.99

Avengers of Blood: Homicide in Athenian Law and Custom From Draco to Demosthenes
by David D. Phillips
In 621/0 B.C., the Athenians appointed Draco as their first lawgiver. His homicide laws, which alone survived the general recension of Athenian law by Solon (594/3 B.C.), remained in force down through the Classical period. This book traces the ...
Hardback. Price GB £65.00

Kleine Schriften zur griechischen Rechtsgeschichte
by Eberhard Ruschenbusch
This, volume ten of `Philippika', discusses ancient Greek law and legal practices in Athens, spanning the period 410 BC to the 4th century AD with reference to ancient Greek texts. German text, with some translations from the ancient Greek. 248p ...
Paperback. Price GB £58.99