Athenian law was essentially a battle of rhetoric. Johnstone's highly accessible study discusses the rhetorical strategies of prosecutors and defenders and the rhetorical language of litigation. Based on over 100 surviving speeches, he examines the ways in which litigation reproduced social structures and subject positions and demonstrates the extreme biases among different social classes. He also explores the structure of the judicial system and what the law' meant to Athenians. Extracts are in English translation.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Johnstone, Steven
ISBN: 9780292740532
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.96 x 0.54
Number Of Pages: 223
Publication Year: 1999

Language: English

Disputes and Democracy: The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens

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