The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law

Author: Michael Gagarin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This Companion volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. A substantial introduction establishes the recent historiography on this topic and its development over the last 30 years. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, deal with procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras; areas that offer substantial evidence for legal practice, such as Crete and Egypt; the intersection of law with religion, philosophy, political theory, rhetoric, and drama, as well as the unity of Greek law and the role of writing in law. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among specialists.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law

Author: Michael Gagarin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521521598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the major themes and topics pertinent to ancient Greek law. Many of the 22 essays, written by an international team of experts, cover procedural and substantive law in classical Athens, but significant attention is also paid to legal practice in the archaic and Hellenistic eras. The essays offer substantial evidence of legal practice in Crete and Egypt, as well as the intersection of law with religion, philosophy, political theory, rhetoric, and drama.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law

Author: Michael Gagarin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139826891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought

Author: Stephen Salkever
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828029
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.

Early Greek Law

Author: Michael Gagarin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 052090916X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens

Author: Jenifer Neils
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108484557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 505

Book Description
This book is a comprehensive introduction to ancient Athens, its topography, monuments, inhabitants, cultural institutions, religious rituals, and politics. Drawing from the newest scholarship on the city, this volume examines how the city was planned, how it functioned, and how it was transformed from a democratic polis into a Roman urbs.

The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

Author: Harriet I. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519

Book Description
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy

Author: Martin Revermann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521760283
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 523

Book Description
This book provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature, combining literary perspectives with historical issues and material culture.

The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law

Author: David Johnston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521895642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 555

Book Description
This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Author: Simon Hornblower
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198706774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 907

Book Description
This Oxford Companion to the ancient classical world is aimed at the general reader interested in learning more about the very bedrock of Western culture, covering such topics as history, morals, mythology, medicine and social life.