Rhetoric and the Law of Draco

Zusatztext A sophisticated book written ... for scholars. Klappentext Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in an outstandingly full and revealing record. Carawan offers a systematic treatment of Athenian homicide trials, outlining the historical development of the law, from Draco to Demosthenes, and analyzing the surviving speeches written for such proceedings. Zusammenfassung Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in an outstandingly full and revealing record. Carawan offers a systematic treatment of Athenian homicide trials, outlining the historical development of the law, from Draco to Demosthenes, and analysing the surviving speeches written for such proceedings.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Carawan, Edwin (Associate Professor Carawan, Carawan Edwin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198150862
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815086-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; European History, LAW / Criminal Law / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Criminal law & procedure, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Criminal law: procedure and offences