From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law
Subtitle: Law, Society, and Politics in Fifth-Century Athens
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 5, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780520054264
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; History; Ancient Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; To 146 B.C; Greece; Ancient Greece; Law; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Ancient - General; History / Ancient / General; Athens; Constitutional history; Law, Greek
First sentence: Since time immemorial the political leadership of Attica had been in the hands of men whose claim to social prominence rested on a combination of landed wealth with membership in old and distinguished families and clans.