{"product_id":"keeping-to-the-point-in-edward-m-harris-9781399523875","title":"Keeping to the Point in Athenian Forensic Oratory: Law, Character and Rhetoric","description":"When a litigant initiated a lawsuit in Classical Athens, he submitted a written plaint to the relevant magistrate. This document contained his name, the name of the defendant, the legal procedure employed, and the specific violations of part of the law. If the magistrate accepted the plaint, the legal charges were read to the court before and after the litigants spoke, and the judges swore in their oath to vote only about the charges in the plaint, that is, whether the defendant had violated a specific law or not. In private suits, litigants took an oath to 'keep to the point', that is, discuss only the legal charges. In public cases litigants were under the same obligation. This volume examines several Athenian court speeches and show that litigants paid close attention to legal relevance in court. Consequently, the essays in this volume make the case for integrated approach to rhetoric and law emphasizing an institutional understanding of Athenian forensic oratory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward M. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399523872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399523875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Edward M. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602996121855,"sku":"9781399523875","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab320df0-e8e2-4811-a31c-5317ff1d4812.jpg?v=1739695894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/keeping-to-the-point-in-edward-m-harris-9781399523875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}