Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical
Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series
provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art,
literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world.
"Early Greek Lawgivers" examines the men who brought laws to the early
Greek city states, as an introduction both to the development of law
and to the basic issues in early legal practice. The lawgiver was a
man of special status, who could resolve disputes without violence,
and who brought a sense of order to his community. Figures such as
Minos of Crete, Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens resolved the
chaos of civil strife by bringing comprehensive norms of ethical
conduct to their fellows, and establishing those norms in the form of
oral or written laws. Arbitration, justice, procedural versus
substantive law, ethical versus legal norms, and the special character
of written laws, form the background to the examination of the
lawgivers themselves. Crete, under king Minos, became an example of
the ideal community for later Greeks, such as Plato.The unwritten laws
of Lycurgus established the foundations of the Spartan state, in
contrast with the written laws of Solon in Athens. Other lawgivers
illustrate particular issues in early law; for instance, Zaleucus on
the divine source of laws; Philolaus on family law; Phaleas on
communism of property; and Hippodamus on civic planning. This is an
ideal first introduction to the establishment of law in ancient
Greece. It is written for late school and early university students.
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ISBN
9781472538697
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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