The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law

by Edited by Michael Gagarin , David Cohen

• ISBN13: 9780521521598
• ISBN10: 0521521599
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(28)
David Cohen
Part 1: Law in Greece
The Unity of Greek Law	29	(12)
Michael Gagarin
Writing, Law, and Written Law	41	(20)
Rosalind Thomas
Law and Religion	61	(21)
Robert Parker
Early Greek Law	82	(15)
Michael Gagarin
Part 2: Law in Athens I: Procedure
Law and Oratory at Athens	97	(15)
S. C. Todd
Relevance in Athenian Courts	112	(17)
Adriaan Lanni
Differentiated Rhetorical Strategies in the Athenian Courts	129	(17)
Lene Rubinstein
The Role of the Witness in Athenian Law	146	(24)
Gerhard Thur
Theories of Punishment	170	(21)
David Cohen
The Rhetoric of Law in Fourth-Century Athens	191	(20)
Harvey Yunis
Part 3: Law in Athens II: Substantive Law
Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law in Classical Athens	211	(25)
David Cohen
Gender, Sexuality, and Law	236	(18)
Eva Cantarella
Family and Property Law	254	(13)
Alberto Maffi
Athenian Citizenship Law	267	(23)
Cynthia Patterson
Commercial Law	290	(15)
Edward E. Cohen
Part 4: Law Outside Athens
The Gortyn Laws	305	(23)
John Davies
Greek Law in Foreign Surroundings: Continuity and Development	328	(15)
Hans-Albert Rupprecht
Greek Law in the Hellenistic Period: Family and Marriage	343	(14)
Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski
Part 5: Other Approaches to Greek Law
Law, Attic Comedy, and the Regulation of Comic Speech	357	(17)
Robert W. Wallace
Greek Tragedy and Law	374	(20)
Danielle Allen
Law and Political Theory	394	(18)
Josiah Ober
Law and Nature in Greek Thought	412	(19)
A. A. Long
Bibliography	431	(26)
Index Locorum	457	(18)
General Index	475