Title From popular sovereignty to the sovereignty of law : law, society, and politics in fifth-century Athens / Martin Ostwald

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1986

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 663 pages) Summary Annotation. Analyzing the "democratic" features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century B.C., Martin Ostwald traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted Analysis Ancient Greece Athens Democracy Role of law, B.C.500-B.C.400 Ancient Greece Athens Democracy Role of law B.C.500-B.C.400 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-569) Notes Includes indexes In English Print version record Subject Law, Greek. Law -- Greece -- Athens -- History Constitutional history -- Greece -- Athens -- To 146 B.C. Rule of law -- Greece -- Athens Democracy. LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. HISTORY / Ancient / General Constitutional history Democracy Law Law, Greek Politics and government Rule of law SUBJECT Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government Subject Greece -- Athens Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520909687 0520909682 0585139806 9780585139807 0520054261 9780520054264 0520067983 9780520067981

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