Political Trials In Ancient Greece
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Political Trials In Ancient Greece Routledge Revivals
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Author : Richard A. Bauman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-03-26
Political Trials In Ancient Greece Routledge Revivals written by Richard A. Bauman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-26 with History categories.
During the inspired years of the Athenian empire, through the tragedy of its collapse, to the more prosaic era that followed, most of the great names in Athenian history were involved in the procedures of criminal law. Political Trials in Ancient Greece, first published in 1990, explores the relationships between historical process, constitution, law, political machinations and foreign policy, concentrating on fifth and fourth century Athens and on Macedonia. These trials contribute significant details to our knowledge of such towering figures as Aeschylus, Pericles, Thucydides, Alcibiades, Socrates, Demosthenes and Aristotle, as well as a diverse collection of Macedonian defendants. The jurisdiction of the Areopagus, trials of communities, and the personal jurisdiction of the Macedonian king are also examined. Richard Bauman’s original account broadens our understanding of Greek legal institutions and of the ancient Greek approach to the law, as well as the general ethos of Athenian and Macedonian society.
Greek Law In Its Political Setting
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Author : Lin Foxhall
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996
Greek Law In Its Political Setting written by Lin Foxhall and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
This volume explores the ways in which law integrated with other aspects of life in ancient Greece. The papers collected here reveal a number of different pathways between law and political, social, and economic life in Greek societies. Emanating from several scholarly traditions, they offer a range of contrasting but complementary insights rarely collected together. What emerges clearly is that law in Greece only takes on its full meaning in a broadly political context. Dynamic tensions govern the relationships between this semi-autonomous legal arena and other spheres of life. An ideology of equality before the law was juxtaposed with a practical reality of individuals' unequal abilities to cope with it. It is hard to draw firm lines between the settlement of cases in court and the spill-over of legal actions into the agora, the streets, the fields, and the houses. Hence it is hardly surprising if justice can all too easily give way to justification.
Athens On Trial
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Author : Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-23
Athens On Trial written by Jennifer Tolbert Roberts and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-23 with History categories.
The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athenian democracy have long provided a prime Rorschach test for political thought. Whether praising Athens's government as the legitimizing ancestor of modern democracies or condemning it as mob rule, commentators throughout history have revealed much about their own notions of politics and society. In this book, Jennifer Roberts charts responses to Athenian democracy from Athens itself through the twentieth century, exploring a debate that touches upon historiography, ethics, political science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and educational theory.
Polis Politics
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Author : Pernille Flensted-Jensen
language : de
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Release Date : 2000
Polis Politics written by Pernille Flensted-Jensen and has been published by Museum Tusculanum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Contains 35 articles devoted to different aspects of the Greek polis and is intended not only as a present for Mogens Herman Hansen on his sixtieth birthday, but also as a way of thanking him for his significant contributions to the field of Greek history over the past three decades.
Trials From Classical Athens
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Author : Christopher Carey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Trials From Classical Athens written by Christopher Carey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Electronic books categories.
Envy Poison And Death
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Author : Esther Eidinow
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Envy Poison And Death written by Esther Eidinow and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
This volume explores three trials conducted in Athens in the fourth century BCE; the defendants were all women charged with undertaking ritual activities, but much of the evidence remains a mystery. The author reveals how these trials provide a vivid glimpse of the socio-political environment of Athens during the early-mid fourth century BCE.
Control Of The Laws In The Ancient Democracy At Athens
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Author : Edwin Carawan
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Control Of The Laws In The Ancient Democracy At Athens written by Edwin Carawan and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with History categories.
The definitive book on judicial review in Athens from the 5th through the 4th centuries BCE. The power of the court to overturn a law or decree—called judicial review—is a critical feature of modern democracies. Contemporary American judges, for example, determine what is consistent with the Constitution, though this practice is often criticized for giving unelected officials the power to strike down laws enacted by the people's representatives. This principle was actually developed more than two thousand years ago in the ancient democracy at Athens. In Control of the Laws in the Ancient Democracy at Athens, Edwin Carawan reassesses the accumulated evidence to construct a new model of how Athenians made law in the time of Plato and Aristotle, while examining how the courts controlled that process. Athenian juries, Carawan explains, were manned by many hundreds of ordinary citizens rather than a judicial elite. Nonetheless, in the 1890s, American apologists found vindication for judicial review in the ancient precedent. They believed that Athenian judges decided the fate of laws and decrees legalistically, focusing on fundamental text, because the speeches that survive from antiquity often involve close scrutiny of statutes attributed to lawgivers such as Solon, much as a modern appellate judge might resort to the wording of the Framers. Carawan argues that inscriptions, speeches, and fragments of lost histories make clear that text-based constitutionalism was not so compelling as the ethos of the community. Carawan explores how the judicial review process changed over time. From the restoration of democracy down to its last decades, the Athenians made significant reforms in their method of legislation, first to expedite a cumbersome process, then to revive the more rigorous safeguards. Jury selection adapted accordingly: the procedure was recast to better represent the polis, and packing the court was thwarted by a complicated lottery. But even as the system evolved, the debate remained much the same: laws and decrees were measured by a standard crafted in the image of the people. 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.
Solon
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Author : Bernard Randall
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2003-12-15
Solon written by Bernard Randall and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the life and accomplishments of the Athenian leader who brought about major changes in the government and legal system that paved the way for democratic rule, and places him in the context of his times.
Origins Of Democracy In Ancient Greece
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Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-01-11
Origins Of Democracy In Ancient Greece written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-11 with History categories.
This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy “invented” or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and “people’s power.” They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions.
Moral Values And Political Behaviour In Ancient Greece From Homer To The End Of The Fifth Century
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Author : Arthur W. H. Adkins
language : en
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Release Date : 1972
Moral Values And Political Behaviour In Ancient Greece From Homer To The End Of The Fifth Century written by Arthur W. H. Adkins and has been published by Chatto & Windus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Literary Criticism categories.