Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens

The theme of this book is the legal regulation of violence and the role of litigation in Athenian society. Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives, David Cohen challenges traditional evolutionary and functionalist accounts of the development of legal process. Examining Athenian theories of social conflict and the rule of law, as well as actual litigation involving the regulation of violence, he emphasises the way in which the judicial process operates in an agonistic social field. This perspective illuminates the social dimensions of litigation and the legal regulation of violence, and helps to explain otherwise puzzling features of Athenian litigation.

Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens features in the following genres: General and world history

Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens is available in Hardback

Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens was written by David Cohen and published by Cambridge University Press

Law, Violence, and Community in Classical Athens has 214 pages

Yes it is part of Key Themes in Ancient History series