Ancient Greek Law in the 21st Century

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The ancient Greeks invented written law. Yet, in contrast to later societies in which law became a professional discipline, the Greeks treated laws as components of social and political history, reflecting the day by day realities of managing society. To bear in mind Greek law, then, requires having a look into extant legal, forensic, and historical texts for evidence of the law in action. From such study has arisen the field of ancient Greek law as a scholarly discipline within classical studies, a field that has come into its own since the 1970s.

This edited volume charts new directions for the study of Greek law in the twenty-first century through contributions from eleven leading scholars. The essays in the book’s first section reassess probably the most central debates in the field by having a look at questions about the role of law in society, the notion of “contracts,” feuding and revenge in the court system, and legal protections for slaves engaged in commerce. The second one section breaks new ground by redefining substantive areas of law such as administrative law and sacred law, in addition to by examining sources such as Hellenistic inscriptions which were comparatively neglected in contemporary scholarship. The third section evaluates the opportunity of methodological approaches to the study of Greek law, including comparative studies with other cultures and with up to date legal theory. The volume ends with an essay that explores pedagogy and the relevance of teaching Greek law in the twenty-first century.

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