Disputes and Democracy

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

Автор: Steven Johnstone

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Издател: University of Texas Press

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Athenians performed democracy daily their law courts. Without lawyers or judges, private citizens, a...

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Автор

Steven Johnstone

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1998

страници

223

EAN

9780292740532

ISBN

0292740530

Enbook ID

04873545

Издател

University of Texas Press

Теглоt

708

Размери

152 x 229 x 13

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Athenians performed democracy daily 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 perpetuated democracy as Athenians understood it, for it emphasized the ideological equality of all (male) citizens and the hierarchy that placed them above women, children, and slaves. This study uses Athenian court speeches to trace the consequences for both disputants and society of individuals' decisions to turn their quarrels into legal cases. Steven Johnstone argues that Athenian 'law' had no objective existence outside the courts and was therefore, itself inherently rhetorical. This daring new interpretation advances an understanding of Athenian democracy that is not narrowly political, but rather links power to the practices of a particular institution.

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