Lawyers and litigants in ancient Athens : the genesis of the legal profession / by Robert J. Bonner ...

Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago Press [1927]

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Practice of law (Greek law)

Justice, Administration of (Greek law)

Lawyers -- Greece -- Athens.

Civil procedure -- Greece -- Athens.

Criminal procedure -- Greece -- Athens.

Courts -- Greece -- Athens.

Trials -- Greece -- Athens.

The Attic orators.--The judiciary.--Practice and procedure.--Prosecutors and sycophants.--The character of Athenian courts.--Athenian litigiousness.--The career of a litigious Athenian.--Forensic oratory.--Tactics and technicalities in litigation.--Advocates and speech-writers.--Notable Athenian trials.--Appendix: Chronological table. Table of Attic money.

References: p. vi.

xi, 276 p. 20 cm