Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens

Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781317168430
ISBN-13 : 1317168437
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Book Synopsis Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens by : Vasileios Adamidis

Download or read book Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens written by Vasileios Adamidis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens. Specifically, there is divergence regarding the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory and practice devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. Close analysis of the dispute-resolution passages in ancient Greek literature reveals striking similarities with the rhetoric of litigants in the Athenian courts and thus helps to shed light on the function of the courts and the fundamental nature of Athenian law. The widespread use of character evidence in every aspect of argumentation can be traced to the Greek ideas of ‘character’ and ‘personality’, the inductive method of reasoning, and the social, political and institutional structures of the ancient Greek polis. According to the author’s proposed method of interpretation, character evidence was not a means of diverting the jury’s attention away from the legal issues; instead, it was a constructive and relevant way of developing a legal argument.


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