Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 / Administering Justice in Ancient Athens: Framework and Core Principles 10
7. 2 / Revenge and Punishment 25
8. 3 / Hyperides’s Against Athenogenes and the Athenian Lawon Agreements 35
9. 4 / Slaves Operating Businesses: Legal Ramifications for Ancient Athens— and for Modern Scholarship 54
10. 5 / Toward a New Shape of the Relationship between Public and Private Law in Ancient Greece 70
11. 6 / “Heiliges Recht ” and “Heilige Gesetze ”: Law, Religion, and Magic in Ancient Greece 85
12. 7 / Summary Fines in Greek Inscriptions and the Question of “Greek Law” 104
13. 8 / Soft Law in Ancient Greece? 144
14. 9 / From Anthropology to Sociology: New Directions in Ancient Greek Law Research 157
15. 10 / Oral Law in Ancient Greece? 172
16. 11 / The Future of Classical Oratory 193
17. Contributors 209
18. Index Locorum 213
19. Index 219
20. Index of Greek Terms 225