Democratic Law in Classical Athens – eBook PDF Comprehensive and extensive, Democratic Law in Classical Athens (PDF) provides a new perspective for seeing a legal system that was democratic in a way only the Athenians could achieve. The democratic legal system made by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no lawyers, judges, or jurists involved. It placed great significance on the litigants’ rhetorical performances. Did this make it nothing more than a rhetorical contest judged by largely unschooled citizens that had nothing to do with law, a criticism that some, including Plato, have made? Michael Gagarin argues...
Democratic Law in Classical Athens – eBook PDF
