Rhetoric and the Law of Draco

Rhetoric and the Law of Draco
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Publisher : Clarendon Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780191584541
ISBN-13 : 0191584541
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Book Synopsis Rhetoric and the Law of Draco by : Edwin Carawan

Download or read book Rhetoric and the Law of Draco written by Edwin Carawan and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1998-02-26 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in a singularly full and revealing record. The earliest surviving speeches were written for such proceedings, and the laws governing such trials - laws that tradition ascribes to Draco himself - also survive in large part. These documents bear witness to the birth of the jury trial and of democratic rhetoric. This book, the first study of its kind, offers a systematic interpretation of Draco's law and the legal reasoning that grew out of it. The author outlines the historical development (7th to 4th centuries BCE), and then analyses the surviving speeches to unravel the underlying issues and practical consequences.


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