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Control of the Laws in the Ancient Democracy at Athens
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction. The People and the Law-Demos and Nomos -- 1. The Modern Model and the Ancient Paradox -- The Search for a Rule of Rules -- Procedures and Principles -- 2. The American Paradigm Revisited -- At the Framing -- After the Framing -- 3....
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore
: Johns Hopkins University Press
, 2020
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| Series: | Cultural Histories of the Ancient World Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6413861 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction. The People and the Law-Demos and Nomos -- 1. The Modern Model and the Ancient Paradox -- The Search for a Rule of Rules -- Procedures and Principles -- 2. The American Paradigm Revisited -- At the Framing -- After the Framing -- 3. The Athenian Evolution -- Part I. Legislative Procedure and Court Control -- Chapter One. Making Law and Mending the Constitution -- 1. Aischines Poses the Problem -- A Brief History of a Long Scholarly Debate -- A Reductive Solution -- 2. Demosthenes' Testimony in Timokrates and Leptines -- 3. The Old Legislation Law and the "Fast Track" -- 4. Constitutional Review and the Restored Democracy -- 5. The Documentary Problem -- Andokides' Testimony and "Teisamenos' Decree" -- Demosthenes' Confirmation and the Document to Illustrate It -- 6. From This Chapter to the Next -- Chapter Two. Judges and Lawmakers -- 1. Who Were the Dikastai? -- Men of a Certain Age -- Assigned by Lot -- Who Have Sworn the Judges' Oath -- 2. Who Were the Nomothetai? -- 3. How Lawsuits and Legislation Meshed -- Legislating in Court -- 4. The Framework of an Adaptive Process -- Chapter Three. "Unlawful Acts" (Paranoma) and the Case of the Arginousai Generals -- 1. The Emergence of a Constitutional Remedy -- 2. The Arginousai Case -- Kallixeinos' Offense -- Euryptolemos' Alternative -- 3. Evolving Principle -- Law and Decree in the Restoration Era -- Court Sovereignty and the Author's Liability -- Paranoma and Hybris -- 4. A Glimpse of the Constitution -- 5. The Struggle with Due Process (down to 359 BC) -- 6. The Evolving Argumentation -- Part II. The Constitutional Window -- Chapter Four. Privileged Characters: Aristokrates' Shield for Charidemos -- 1. The Sequence of Events -- 2. The Composite Speech -- 3. The Laws in Evidence -- The Legal Argument. Rules and Principles -- 4. The Case against Kephisodotos and Its Aftermath -- 5. The First Epilogue -- 6. The Second Epilogue and Further Perspective -- Chapter Five. Outrage: The Case against Androtion -- 1. The Son of Andron -- Abuse of Office -- The Baggage of "Groundless Prosecution" -- 2. The Legal Basis for Euktemon's Case -- Repugnancy -- Stealing Citizen Rights -- 3. The Conclusion Shared with Timokrates -- 4. Making Sense of the Composite Text -- Chapter Six. Overthrowing the Court: The Case against Timokrates' Surety Law -- 1. Background to the Case -- 2. The Legislation Laws and the Dubious Documents -- The Statute That Enables the Lawsuit -- Repugnancy and the Clash of Principle -- The Laws Listed in Opposition -- 3. "City of Slaves" Revisited -- 4. Solon's Example -- Chapter Seven. Breaking the Bargain: The Case against Leptines' Law -- 1. Background to the Case -- What Is at Stake -- The Status of Leptines' Law and Its Replacement -- The Syndics -- 2. Reviving the Old Legislation Law -- The Reprise in Timokrates' Case -- Legislation and the Lawsuits to Control It -- 3. Ēthos, Integrity, and Second Decision -- 4. Looking Back on Leptines from the Modern Vantage -- Part III. The Crown Case and its Antecedents -- Chapter Eight. The Aftermath of Chaironeia -- 1. Hypereides on Defense -- The Emergency Decree -- Against Diondas -- The Pattern of Obstruction -- 2. Hypereides for the Prosecution -- The Case against Demades -- Against Philippides and Its Context -- The Judgment against Polyeuktos -- 3. Aischines against Ktesiphon: The Crown Case in 336 -- Chapter Nine. The Crown Case Comes to Trial -- 1. How the Case Was Revived -- The Council of 330/29 Takes Action -- Aischines at Last Proceeds with His Challenge -- Facing a Special Penalty -- 2. How the Charges Have Changed -- Crowning before Accounting. Crowning at the Dionysia -- Falsifying the People's Decrees -- 3. Why Crown Demosthenes (Again) in 330? -- Conclusion. Law's Measure -- 1. The Search for a Standard -- 2. Scrutiny of the Laws and Second Decision -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (323 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781421439501 |
