Disputes and Democracy : : The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens /

Disputes and Democracy : : The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens / / Steven Johnstone.

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Athenians performed democracy daily in their law courts. Without lawyers or judges, private citizens, acting as accusers and defendants, argued their own cases directly to juries composed typically of 201 to 501 jurors, who voted on a verdict without deliberation. This legal system strengthened and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Johnstone, Steven,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1999
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • One AUTHORITATIVE READINGS
  • Two LAW AND NARRATIVE
  • Three DARE, OR TRUTH
  • Four CONJURING CHARACTER
  • Five CERTAIN RITUALS
  • Six LITIGATION AND ATHENIAN CULTURE
  • Appendix THE USE OF STATISTICS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED

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