This book examines the legal regulation of violence and the role of litigation in Athenian society. Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, David Cohen challenges traditional evolutionary and functionalist accounts of the development of legal process. Examining Athenian theories of social conflict and the rule of law, as well as actual litigation involving the regulation of violence, the book emphasizes the way in which the judicial process operates in an agonistic society.
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"This is a challenging and rewarding book that further breaks the traditional mold. Instead of studying ancient law as largely an adjunct of the history of politics, by paying greater attention to the agency, interests and values of the individual, the family, and the community, Cohen's contribution marks a shift of focus in the scholarship on Athenian law--a most timely and welcome one." Richard Lim, The American Journal of Legal History
"...Cohen's new book demonstrates that the Athenian courts and their rhetoric continue to inspire some of the most provocative and methodologically interesting recent work in ancient social history." American Historical Review
"...a provocative work. All scholars interested in Athenian law and values will want to consider it closely." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"...an excellent work that deserves to be read by all students of Greek social and legal history." Choice
"...provides an insightful and informative look at the legal regulation of violence in Classical Athenian society and the system of litigation employed by its members....The author's method of addressing the subject of society and legal issues is refreshing. The work is thought provoking in the way it looks at the Athenian legal system, but is also enlightening when considering Athenian society as a whole." Steven A. Sayles, The Celator
"This is a challenging and rewarding book that further breaks the traditional mold....Cohen's contribution marks a shift of focus in the scholarship on Athenian law--a most timely and welcome one." The American Journal of Legal History
"...Cohen presents a convincing analysis of Athenian litigation as a form of social conflict and political role playing. Includes a full and helpful bibliography of recent anthropologically oriented literature." George A. Sheets, Religious Studies Review
"Law, Violence and Community is a thought-provoking study....all will benefit from reading it." Ian Morris, Law and History Review
"...Cohen's new book demonstrates that the Athenian courts and their rhetoric continue to inspire some of the most provocative and methodologically interesting recent work in ancient social history." American Historical Review
"...a provocative work. All scholars interested in Athenian law and values will want to consider it closely." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"...an excellent work that deserves to be read by all students of Greek social and legal history." Choice
"...provides an insightful and informative look at the legal regulation of violence in Classical Athenian society and the system of litigation employed by its members....The author's method of addressing the subject of society and legal issues is refreshing. The work is thought provoking in the way it looks at the Athenian legal system, but is also enlightening when considering Athenian society as a whole." Steven A. Sayles, The Celator
"This is a challenging and rewarding book that further breaks the traditional mold....Cohen's contribution marks a shift of focus in the scholarship on Athenian law--a most timely and welcome one." The American Journal of Legal History
"...Cohen presents a convincing analysis of Athenian litigation as a form of social conflict and political role playing. Includes a full and helpful bibliography of recent anthropologically oriented literature." George A. Sheets, Religious Studies Review
"Law, Violence and Community is a thought-provoking study....all will benefit from reading it." Ian Morris, Law and History Review
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Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, this analysis of the legal regulation of violence in Athenian society challenges traditional accounts of the development of the legal process. It examines theories of social conflict and the rule of law as well as actual litigation.
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An important book for those attempting to understand ancient culture. Cohen uses insights from classical law and anthropological data that helps one to better understand the nature of legal proceedings in ancient Greece. A must for any Classics or Biblical studies student.
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Standard accounts of the history of legal institutions in Athens typically follow an evolutionary model: from an inherently unstable situation characterized by powerful aristocratic kinship groups, self-help, and weak central institutions emerges a civic legal order capable of regulating the cycles of feud and violence to which the previous instability had inevitably given rise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feuding behavior, feuding relations, agonistic values, normative repertoire, agonistic society, agonistic societies, inheritance litigation, private enmity, sexual honor, inheritance cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Standard accounts of the history of legal institutions in Athens typically follow an evolutionary model: from an inherently unstable situation characterized by powerful aristocratic kinship groups, self-help, and weak central institutions emerges a civic legal order capable of regulating the cycles of feud and violence to which the previous instability had inevitably given rise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feuding behavior, feuding relations, agonistic values, normative repertoire, agonistic society, agonistic societies, inheritance litigation, private enmity, sexual honor, inheritance cases Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Athenian Stranger, Against Simon, Against Timarchus, Aristotle's Rhetoric, Republican Rome New!
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- Athenian Democracy by A. H. M. Jones in Back Matter
- Greece and Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Joan R. Mertens in Back Matter
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- Eros and Polis: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory by Paul W. Ludwig on page 50, page 181, and page 182
- Conflict in Medieval Europe: Changing Perspectives on Society and Culture by Warren C. Brown on page 47, and Back Matter
- The Athenian Revolution by Josiah Ober in Back Matter
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