Law and Social Status in Classical Athens
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 5 October 2000
- ISBN 9780199240111
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages220 pages
- Size 224x146x17 mm
- Weight 400 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 halftones 0
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Short description:
The subject of this collection is the articulation of law and social status in classical Athens. More particularly, the work concentrates on the way in which the law of Athens constructed and sustained social status by enshrining privileges for some citizens and disabilities for metics and slaves. As a whole, it reinforces the reality of three juridically defined status groups whose role in society and whose personal lives were deeply affected by their place in the prevailing hierarchy.
MoreLong description:
The subject of this collection is the articulation of law and social status in classical Athens. Its chapters, written by leading scholars from Canada, Britain, and the United States, cover a wide range of topics, among them the Athenian rationale for torture, different methods of execution, the contract and the legal context of prostitution, and metics in court. This book is unique in concentrating on the way in which the law of Athens constructed and sustained social status by enshrining privileges for the citizens and disabilities for metics and slaves. As a whole, the collection reinforces the reality of three juridically defined status groups whose social and economic roles and whose personal lives were deeply affected by their place in the prevailing hierarchy.
Compact and clever collection of essays.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction: Status Distinctions in Athenian Law
How to Execute People in Fourth-Century Athens
The Athenian Rationale for Torture
Religion, Empire, and Freedom for Slaves
The Hospitality of Athenian Justice: The Metic in Court
'Whoring Under Contract': The Legal Context of Prostitution in Fourth-Century Athens
The Scrutiny of New Citizens at Court
Epilogue
