Control of the Laws in the Ancient Democracy At Athens

Offering a comprehensive account of the ancient origins of an important political institution through philological methods, rhetorical analysis of ancient arguments, and comparisons between models of judicial review in ancient Greece and the modern United States, Control of the Laws in the Ancient Democracy at Athens is an innovative study of ancient Greek law and democracy.

About the author

Edwin Carawan is professor emeritus of classics at Missouri State University. He is the author of Rhetoric and the Law of Draco and The Athenian Amnesty and Reconstructing the Law.

Summary

Offering a comprehensive account of the ancient origins of an important political institution through philological methods, rhetorical analysis of ancient arguments, and comparisons between models of judicial review in ancient Greece and the modern United States, Control of the Laws in the Ancient Democracy at Athens is an innovative study of ancient Greek law and democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Carawan, Edwin (Professor of Classics Carawan
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781421439495
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3949-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cultural Histories of the Anci; Cultural Histories of the Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, LAW / Judicial Power, Political science & theory, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Constitution: government & the state, Law & society, Legal systems: judicial powers, greece;law;judicial review;philology;rules