The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece (Hardcover)

Contributors Abbreviations Preface Introduction Edward M. Harris & Lene Rubinstein I. Law, Religion, and the Sources of Legitimacy 1. Antigone the Lawyer, or the Ambiguities of Nomos, Edward M. Harris 2. What are Sacred Laws?, Robert Parker 3. Supplication and the Law, F.S. Naiden II. The Role of Law in the Athenian Courts 4. The Laws of Athens: Publication, Preservation, Consultation, James Sickinger 5. Offence and Procedure in Athenian Law, Christopher Carey III. Legal Arguments in the Attic Orators 6. Keeping to the Point, Peter J. Rhodes 7. Arguing from 'Precedent': Modern Perspectives on Athenian Practice, Adriaan Lanni IV. The Rule of Law Outside Athens 8. The Rule of Law in Gortyn, Michael Gagarin 9. Justifying Territorial Claims in Classical and Hellenistic Greece: The Beginnings of International Law, Angelos Chaniotis Index locorum