Writing Greek law / Michael Gagarin
- Author
- Gagarin, Michael
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : illustrations
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- Contents
- Introduction: Writing Greek law -- Law before writing -- Writing and written laws -- Why the Greeks wrote laws -- Why Draco wrote his homicide law -- Oral and written in Archaic Greek law -- Writing laws in fifth-century Gortyn -- Writing the Gortyn Code -- Writing law in classical Athens -- Writing Athenian law : a comparative perspective -- Writing law in Hellenistic Greece -- Conclusion: Writing Greek law.
- Summary
- A comparative 2008 study of legal writing revealing the uniqueness of Greek law.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780511397257 (electronic bk.)
0511397259 (electronic bk.)
9780511482779
0511482779
0521297281
9780521297288
9780521886611
9780511400803
0521886619
9780521297288 (paperback) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-276) and indexes.
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