Steven Johnstone: Disputes and Democracy

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Athenians performed democracy daily in their law courts. Without lawyers or judges, private citizens, acting as accusers and defendants, argued their own cases directly to juries composed typically of 201 to 501 jurors, who voted on a verdict without deliberation. This legal system strengthened and perpetuated democracy as Athenians understood it, for it emphasized the ideological equality of all (male) citizens and the hierarchy that placed them above women, children, and slaves.

This study uses Athenian court speeches to trace the consequences for both disputants and society of individuals' decisions to turn their quarrels into legal cases. Steven Johnstone describes the rhetorical strategies that prosecutors and defendants used to persuade juries and shows how these strategies reveal both the problems and the possibilities of language in the Athenian courts. He argues that Athenian "law" had no objective existence outside the courts and was, therefore, itself inherently rhetorical. This daring new interpretation advances an understanding of Athenian democracy that is not narrowly political, but rather links power to the practices of a particular institution.

Athenians performed democracy daily in their law courts. Without lawyers or judges, private citizens, acting as accusers and defendants, argued their own cases directly to juries composed typically of 201 to 501 jurors, who voted on a verdict without deliberation. This legal system strengthened and perpetuated democracy as Athenians understood it, for it emphasized the ideological equality of all (male) citizens and the hierarchy that placed them above women, children, and slaves.

This study uses Athenian court speeches to trace the consequences for both disputants and society of individuals' decisions to turn their quarrels into legal cases. Steven Johnstone describes the rhetorical strategies that prosecutors and defendants used to persuade juries and shows how these strategies reveal both the problems and the possibilities of language in the Athenian courts. He argues that Athenian "law" had no objective existence outside the courts and was, therefore, itself inherently rhetorical. This daring new interpretation advances an understanding of Athenian democracy that is not narrowly political, but rather links power to the practices of a particular institution.

Zusammenfassung

Steven Johnstone is Professor of History at the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Authoritative Readings
2. Law and Narrative
3. Dare, or Truth
4. Conjuring Character
5. Certain Rituals
6. Litigation and Athenian Culture
Appendix: The Use of Statistics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Index of Passages Cited

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780292740532
ISBN-10:	0292740530
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Johnstone, Steven
Hersteller:	University of Texas Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Steven Johnstone
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.08.1999
Gewicht:	0,371 kg

Artikel-ID: 109215144

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