Draco and Ancient Greek Law

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Drakon and Early Athenian Homicide Law - by Michael. Gagarin .."Draco, also spelled DRACON (fl. c. 7th century BC), Athenian lawgiver whose harsh legal code punished both trivial and serious crimes in Athens with death--hence the continued use of the word draconian to describe repressive legal measures . . . Draco's code was later regarded as intolerably harsh, punishing trivial crimes with death; it was probably unsatisfactory to contemporaries, since Solon, who was the archon in 594 BC, later repealed Draco's code and published new laws, retaining only Draco's homicide statutes" (EB)

Ancient Greek Laws : A Sourcebook - by Ilias Arnaoutoglou

Early Greek Law - by Michael Gagarin

Greek Law in Its Political Setting : Justifications Not Justice - by Lin Foxhall (Editor), A. D. E. Lewis (Editor) (this may refer to recent law)

Interstate Arbitrations in the Greek World, 337-90 B.C (Hellenistic Culture and Society, No 18) - by Sheila L. Ager

Law and Life of Rome (Aspects of Greek and Roman Life) - by J. A. Crook

Saving the City : Philosopher-Kings and Other Classical Paradigms (Issues in Ancient Philosophy) - by Malcolm Schofield

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Justice and Generosity : Studies in Hellenistic Social and Political Philosophy : Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium Hellenisticum - Justice and Generosity^R presents a collection of original essays by leading scholars on the social and political philosophies of the Hellenistic period, covering the work of both Greek and Roman thinkers such as Cicero, Seneca, Epicurus, and the Cynics. It challenges the conventional view of Hellenistic philosophy as apolitical, and offers a fresh and comprehensive guide to the main currents of social and political philosophy in a period of increasing interest to classicists, philosophers, and cultural and intellectual historians.

The Speeches (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) - This volume provides a commentary on the six speeches of the fifth-century BC Athenian orator Antiphon, all of which concern homicide. This is the first complete English commentary on Antiphon and the first in any language since 1838. The book opens with a substantial introduction on the life and work of Antiphon and the nature of Athenian law and legal oratory. A new Greek text follows. The commentary itself discusses grammatical, stylistic, legal, rhetorical and historical matters.





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