Law and justice in the courts of classical Athens / Adriaan Lanni.
2006
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Law and justice in the courts of classical Athens / Adriaan Lanni.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (x, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Introduction
Athens and its legal system
Relevance in the popular courts
The homicide courts
Legal insecurity in Athens
Maritime cases
Conclusions.
Athens and its legal system
Relevance in the popular courts
The homicide courts
Legal insecurity in Athens
Maritime cases
Conclusions.
Summary
In this 2006 book, Adriaan Lanni draws on contemporary legal thinking to present a model of the legal system of classical Athens. She analyses the Athenians' preference in most cases for ad hoc, discretionary decision-making, as opposed to what moderns would call the rule of law. Lanni argues that the Athenians consciously employed different approaches to legal decision-making in different types of courts. The varied approaches to legal process stems from a deep tension in Athenian practice and thinking, between the demand for flexibility of legal interpretation consistent with the exercise of democratic power by ordinary Athenian jurors; and the demand for consistency and predictability in legal interpretation expected by litigants and necessary to permit citizens to conform their conduct to the law. Lanni presents classical Athens as a case study of a successful legal system that, by modern standards, had an extraordinarily individualised and discretionary approach to justice.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511497865 ebook
9780521857598 (hardback)
9780521733014 (paperback)
9780521857598 (hardback)
9780521733014 (paperback)
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