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"Law and Greek Comedy." The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy. Edited by Michael Fontaine, 321–339. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. Finley, Moses I. 1975. "The Problem of the Unity of Greek Law." In The Use and Abuse of History. By Moses I. Finley, 134–152, 236–237. London: Viking. Gagarin, Michael. Early Greek Law ...
The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC) Code of Urukagina (2380–2360 BC) Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC). Copies with slight variations found in Nippur, Sippar and Ur; Laws of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) [2] Code of Lipit-Ishtar (c. 1870 BC) [3 ...
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As most societies in Ancient Greece codified basic law during the mid-seventh century BC, [5] Athenian oral law was manipulated by the aristocracy [6] until the emergence of Draco's code. Around 621 BC the people of Athens commissioned Draco to devise a written law code and constitution, giving him the title of the first legislator of Athens.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... Ancient Greek law (4 C, 57 P) B. Byzantine law (5 C ...
The Law Code of Gortyn (Crete), c. 450 BCE from Ancient History Sourcebook; PHI 200508 The Packard Humanities Institute (full Greek text after Willetts 1967). Codificiation, tradition and innovation in the law code of Gortyn; The Law Code of Gortyn / ed. with introduction, transl. and a commentary by Ronald F. Willets. downloadable pdf.
Solon wanted to revise or abolish the older laws of Draco. He promulgated a code of laws embracing the whole of public and private life, the salutary effects [a] of which lasted long after the end of his constitution. Bust of Solon in Vatican Museums. Under Solon's reforms, all debts were abolished and all debt-slaves were freed.
The sixty books of the Basilika have had a profound impact on the scholarship of the Byzantine Empire because they preserved many legal documents. Within the sixty books of law, in addition to the preservation of Justinian's Codex, new legal customs were also included which had evolved in the centuries.