Law and order in ancient Athens / Adriaan Lanni, Harvard Law School.

"The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive apparatus to ensure order or compliance with law: there was no professional police force or public prosecutor, and nearly every step in the legal process depended on private initiative. And yet Athens was a remarkably peace...

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Main Author: Lanni, Adriaan, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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505 0 |a Introduction: the puzzle of Athenian order -- Informal social control and its limits -- Law enforcement and its limits -- The expressive effect of statutes -- Enforcing norms in court -- Court argument and the shaping of norms -- Transitional justice in Athens: law, courts, norms. 
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