| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-276) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Writing Greek law -- Law before writing -- Writing and written laws -- Why the Greeks wrote laws -- Why Draco wrote his homicide law -- Oral and written in Archaic Greek law -- Writing laws in fifth-century Gortyn -- Writing the Gortyn Code -- Writing law in classical Athens -- Writing Athenian law : a comparative perspective -- Writing law in Hellenistic Greece -- Conclusion: Writing Greek law. |
| Summary |
A comparative 2008 study of legal writing revealing the uniqueness of Greek law. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law, Greek.
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Law, Greek. |
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Law, Greek -- Language.
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Law, Greek -- Language. |
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Written communication -- Greece -- History.
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Written communication. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gagarin, Michael. Writing Greek law. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521886611 (DLC) 2008276073 (OCoLC)181141073 |
| ISBN |
9780511397257 (electronic book) |
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0511397259 (electronic book) |
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9780521886611 |
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9780511400803 |
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0521886619 |
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9780511482779 |
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0511482779 |
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9780521297288 paperback |
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