num_pages: 736
description: Traces the Athenian legal system from the Homeric agora and the Solonian Heliaea through the system described by Aristotle in his Constitution of Athens. Originally The University of Chicago Press, [1930]. Two volumes. ix, 390; vii, [320] pp. 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: The Administration of Justice from Homer to Aristotle. 2 Vols.
titlecomplete: The Administration of Justice from Homer to Aristotle. 2 Vols.
publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.