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Law and Order in Ancient Athens

English · Paperback / Softback

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This book draws on contemporary legal scholarship to explain why Athens was a remarkably well-ordered society.

List of contents










Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: 1. Informal social control and its limits; 2. Law enforcement and its limits; Part II: 3. The expressive effect of statutes; 4. Enforcing norms in court; 5. Court argument and the shaping of norms; 6. Transitional justice in Athens: law, courts, norms; Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Adriaan Lanni is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches courses in ancient law and modern American criminal law and procedure. She trained as both a lawyer and an ancient historian, receiving a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.Phil. in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan. Her previous book is Law and Justice in the Courts of Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2006).

Summary

This book applies contemporary legal scholarship to explore how order was maintained in Athens and the role of legal institutions in Athenian society. Lanni shows how formal institutions facilitated the operation of informal social control in the large and diverse society of ancient Athens.

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