Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law

Book Details

Author: Collective work (Edited by Michael Gagarin and David Cohen)
Publication Date: 12-Sep-2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 496 pages
Collection: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
ISBN-10: 0521521599
ISBN-13: 9780521521598

Contents

Contents of the Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law:

Part 1: Law in Greece

• The Unity of Greek Law
• Writing, Law, and Written Law
• Law and Religion
• Early Greek Law

Part 2: Law in Athens I: Procedure

• Law and Oratory at Athens
• Relevance in Athenian Courts
• Differentiated Rhetorical Strategies in the Athenian Courts
• The Role of the Witness in Athenian Law
• Theories of Punishment
• The Rhetoric of Law in Fourth-Century Athens

Part 3: Law in Athens II: Substantive Law

• Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens
• Gender, Sexuality, and Law
• Family and Property Law
• Athenian Citizenship Law
• Commercial Law

Part 4: Law Outside Athens

• The Gortyn Laws
• Greek Law in Foreign Surroundings: Continuity and Development
• Greek Law in the Hellenistic Period: Family and Marriage

Part 5: Other Approaches to Greek Law

• Law, Attic Comedy, and the Regulation of Comic Speech
• Greek Tragedy and Law
• Law and Political Theory
• Law and Nature in Greek Thought

Resources

See Also

• Cambridge Companion to Roman Law
• Ancient Greek Law
• Early Greek Censorship
• Torture in Ancient Greece and Rome
• Ostracism
• Areopagus
• Ancient Codes
• Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
• Ancient Near Eastern Law
• Balance Of Power History
• History of Courts