Writing Greek law /

Main Author: Gagarin, Michael.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Table of 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.