Early Greek Law

Author/Contributor(s):	Gagarin, Michael
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	04/27/1989
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.