description: Bonner, Robert J. and Gertrude Smith. The Administration of Justice from Homer to Aristotle. The University of Chicago Press, [1930]. Two volumes. ix, 390; vii, [320] pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-050693. ISBN 1-58477-117-8. Cloth. $160. Traces the Athenian legal system from the Homeric agora and the Solonian Heliaea through the system described by Aristotle in his Constitution of Athens. Volume I traces the growth and development of the judiciary. Volume II investigates practice and procedure, including the relevance of the oath, witnesses, litigation, appeals and pardons, the execution of judgments, in the Athenian system.
language: English
title: Administration of Justice from Homer to Aristotle
titlecomplete: Administration of Justice from Homer to Aristotle
publisher: Abbey Publishing