Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521388375)

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.

Author: David Cohen
ISBN-10: 0521388376
ISBN-13: 9780521388375
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/05/1995
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.50d