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Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens: Rhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law

Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens: Rhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law

Adamidis, Vasileios

Hardcover

Ancient History GeneralGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1472483693
ISBN13: 9781472483690
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 29 2016
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in Athens and specifically the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. Close analysis of the dispute-resolution passages in ancient Greek literature reveals striking similarities with the rhetoric of litigants in the Athenian courts and thus helps to shed light on the function of the courts and the fundamental nature of Athenian law.

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