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Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens - Rhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law (Hardcover)
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Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens - Rhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law (Hardcover)
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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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