Law and Justice in the Courts of Classical Athens PDF
by Adriaan Lanni
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In this 2006 book, Adriaan Lanni draws on contemporary legal thinking to present a model of the legal system of classical Athens.
She analyses the Athenians' preference in most cases for ad hoc, discretionary decision-making, as opposed to what moderns would call the rule of law.
Lanni argues that the Athenians consciously employed different approaches to legal decision-making in different types of courts.
The varied approaches to legal process stems from a deep tension in Athenian practice and thinking, between the demand for flexibility of legal interpretation consistent with the exercise of democratic power by ordinary Athenian jurors; and the demand for consistency and predictability in legal interpretation expected by litigants and necessary to permit citizens to conform their conduct to the law.
Lanni presents classical Athens as a case study of a successful legal system that, by modern standards, had an extraordinarily individualised and discretionary approach to justice.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/02/2006
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/02/2006
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- ISBN:9780511166747
