Classical Studies 2301A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-8: Ancient Greek Law, Theophrastus, Roman Law
27 Jan 2020
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Chapter 1: background and beginnings of athenian law. 1: in homer, we see greek society start to use more orderly methods for con ict resolution, ex. in the iliad, people go to an impartial outsider to resolve di erences. 1. 03 the first lawgivers & written laws: rst written laws appear in the mid 7th century b. c. by zaleucus. 2: supposedly was a shepherd who learned his laws (nomoi) from goddess, 3: contained both substantive and procedural elements (i. e. establishes a penalty but also discusses how the trial should run and obtaining protection for the killer) 2. increased the use of the judicial system by making legal procedure mandatory: diminished power on individual magistrates. 4. increased authority of the polis over its citizens and all who lived there. 1. 05 the reinscription of laws: near the end of the peloponnesian war (between athens and sparta - about 410. ), a special commission called the anagrapheis was appointed to inscribe.
