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University of Chicago Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Hinges just starting to weaken. Spine of V2 is sunned. Minor shelfwear. ; 2 Volume Complete Set. Looks at growth and development of the Judiciary and to matters of practice and procedure. V1: 1930; V2: 1938; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE .

Princeton University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691092273 . 233 pages; Athens was the dominant maritime power in the West from the eighth to fourth centuries BCE. Athenian preeminence insured that its maritime law was accepted throughout the Mediterranean world. Indeed, its influence outlasted Athens and is the only area of classical Greek law that wasn't replaced entirely by Roman models. Codified during the Roman period in the Rhodian Sea laws, it went on to influence the subsequent development of European commercial and maritime law. Cohen explores the development of Athenian maritime law, the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts and the Athenian principles that have endured to the present day. .

Routledge. Very Good+. 1994. Softcover. 0415106184 . Very light discoloration to small part of wraps. Scholars' name to ffep (Mark Golden). Old price sticker to inner cover. ; 272 pages; Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the main areas of administration. The book incorporates and develops previous historical and topographical works by relating their findings to the Roman legal framework, building up a portrait of public administration, unusually comprehensive for the ancient world. .

Princeton University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691092273 . DJ has light edgewear to extremities. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 233 pages; Athens was the dominant maritime power in the West from the eighth to fourth centuries BCE. Athenian preeminence insured that its maritime law was accepted throughout the Mediterranean world. Indeed, its influence outlasted Athens and is the only area of classical Greek law that wasn't replaced entirely by Roman models. Codified during the Roman period in the Rhodian Sea laws, it went on to influence the subsequent development of European commercial and maritime law. Cohen explores the development of Athenian maritime law, the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts and the Athenian principles that have endured to the present day. .

Routledge. Near Fine. 1998. Softcover. 0415149851 . Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; 0.79 x 8.5 x 5.67 Inches; 196 pages; In this comprehensive sourcebook, Ilias Arnaoutoglou presents a collection of ancient Greek laws, which are situated in their legal and historical contexts and are interpreted with relevant selections from Greek literature and epigraphical testimonies. A wide area of legislative activity in major and minor Greek city-states is covered, ranging from Delphoi and Athens in mainland Greece, to Gortyn in Crete, Olbia in South Russia and Aegean cities including Ephesos, Samos and Thasos. The book is divided into three legislative areas: the household; the market-place; and the state . The author explores the significance of legislation in ancient Greece, the differences and similarities between ancient Greek legislation and legislators and their modern counterparts and also provides fresh translations of the legal documents presented. .

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0801836468 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Scholar's name on ffep (Christian Habicht). ; A study of the Areopagos council of Athens down to 307 BC. In spite of the importance of the Areopagos for the history of Athens, no comprehensive or detailed analysis of that council has been undertaken since 1874. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 320 pages .

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0801836468 . Signed by author to Scholar on ffep. Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; A study of the Areopagos council of Athens down to 307 BC. In spite of the importance of the Areopagos for the history of Athens, no comprehensive or detailed analysis of that council has been undertaken since 1874. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author .

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0801836468 . A study of the Areopagos council of Athens down to 307 BC. In spite of the importance of the Areopagos for the history of Athens, no comprehensive or detailed analysis of that council has been undertaken since 1874. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 320 pages .

Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear and one bumped corner. Former owner's signature (classics professor Mary White on fly page). ; An index of names and subjects found in festschriften. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 560 pages .

American Philosophical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Scholars' bookplate and former owner's name to inner cover. Top of spine and corners slightly bumped. Minor edgewear to extremities. Light soiling to back board. ; Contents: Part I. The Rise and Triumph of Astrology in the Latin world: I. Rise of Astrology in the hellenistic world; II. Conversion of republican Rome to astrology (250-44 BC) ; III. Astrologers - the power behind the throne, from Augustus to Domitian; IV. Astrology in Rome from Nerva to the death of Severus Alexander (96-235) ; Part II. Astrology in Roman Law until the End of the Principate: V. Expulsion of astrologers from Rome and Italy; VI. Empire wide legal restrictions of astrology and other divination during the principate. ; 291 pages .

American School of Classical Studies At Athens. Good. 1998. Softcover. 0876615299 . Some ink underlining and marginalia, 2 small tears to front wrap. ; 140pp, illustrated. ; Hesperia Supplement 29; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 140 pages .

Burt Franklin. Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0833704532 . Reprint of 1913 edition. Looks at the clubs and their influence in Athenian politics and law. ; Research and Source Works Series; 172 pages .

American School of Classical Studies At Athens. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0876612281 . A comprehensive, three-part study of the sites and procedures of Athenian lawcourts in the 5th, 4th, and 3rd centuries B. C. Part I discusses various courts, their names and possible sites, and reconstructs their history and daily workings, synthesizing literary, documentary, and physical evidence. Part II discusses the buildings which could have served as courts and the objects found in them. Such court paraphernalia included ballots, receptacles for documents, water clocks (used to time speeches) , allotments machines and their accessories (for assigning jurors to the courts) , seating tokens, and a curse tablet. Part III collects 355 testimonia on Athenian lawcourts, with Greek text, translation, and commentary. ; The Athenian Agora. Volume XXVIII. ; Vol. 28; 284 pages .

Burt Franklin. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0833704532 . Scratches to front board. ; Reprint of 1913 edition. Looks at the clubs and their influence in Athenian politics and law. ; Research and Source Works Series; 172 pages .

B. G. Teubner. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bound in half-leather binding with decorative black and beige boards with gilt lettering to spine. Edgewear and chipping along bottom edges of boards. Institution stamps to titlepage and ffep. Light foxing. Still very attractive book. ; German introduction with Greek Text and German / Latin commentary. ; 510 pages; Text in Greek, notes in German. .

Vienna: Verl d. Osterr Akad d. Wiss. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Softcover. 3700101759 . Inscribed by the author on half-title, else unmarked. Some creasing to wraps and DJ. Light edgewear to DJ. ; 349pp. ; Österreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, 317. Band; Additional series: Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für antike Rechtsgeschichte Nr. 1, Herausgegeben von Walther Selb; Signed by Author .

Oxford University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0198152809 . Very faint bump to 1 corner else fine. ; This is the first book in English to take Cicero's forensic speeches seriously as acts of advocacy, i. E. As designed to ensure that the person he represents is acquitted or that the person he is prosecuting is found guilty. It seeks to set the speeches within the context of the court system of the Late Roman Republic and to explore in detail the strategies available to Roman advocates to win the votes of jurors. The volume comprises a substantial introduction, fourteen chapters by prominent Ciceronian scholars in Britain, North America, and Germany, and a final chapter by a current British Appeal Court judge who comments on Cicero's techniques from the point of view of a modern advocate. The introduction deals with issues concerning the general nature of advocacy, the Roman court system as compared with other ancient and modern systems, the Roman… Read More

Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis. Very Good-. 1910. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and institution bookplate on ffep. Pocket has been removed from back ffep. Triangle hole to back fep. Minor browning to a few pages. Minor edgewear. Chipping to heel of spine. ; Both texts are bound together in boards. Codex of Hammurabi has Cuneiform text followed by Latin transcription of cuneiform with translation into latin. Includes Babylonian/Assyrian-English glossary. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; The Code of Hammurabi (also known as Codex Hammurabi) is one of the earliest and best preserved law codes from ancient Babylon, created ca. 1760 BC (middle chronology). It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. .

J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. 9050634974 . Unwrapped in Plastic. 2 volume set. ; 2 Volume Set. Studia Amstelodamensia Ad Epigraphicam, Ius Antiquum Et Papyrologicam Pertinentia, 35; 746 pages; Contributors : M. Amelotti, G. G. Archi, P. Birks, Y. Bongert, C. A. Cannata, J. De Churucca, A. Corbino, R. Feenstra, J. Gaudemet, Th. Giménez Candela, W. M. Gordon, A. S. Hartkamp, A. M. Honoré, M. Humbert, G. Klingenberg, R. Knütel, Chr. Krampe, L. Labruna, J. -Ph. Lévy, D. Liebs, J. H. A. Lokin, G. MacCormack, A. D. Manfredini, J. MélÈze Modrzejewski, Th. Mayer-Maly, J. Menner, R. Mentxaka, A. Metro, J. -H. Michel, J. Miquel, P. L. NÈve, D. Nörr, A. D’Ors, ÝG. Pugliese, J. M. Rainer, H. -A. Rupprecht, B. Santalucia, H. C. F. Schoordijk, E. J. H. Schrage, P. J. Sijpesteijn, J. E. Spruit, P. G. Stein, F. Sturm, M. Talamanca, L. Vacca, R. Verstegen, R. Vigneron, A. Wacke, L. Waelkens, W. Waldstein, H. J. Wieling, L. C. Winkel, W.… Read More

J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. 9050634974 . Unwrapped in Plastic. 2 volume set. ; 2 Volume Set. Studia Amstelodamensia Ad Epigraphicam, Ius Antiquum Et Papyrologicam Pertinentia, 35; 746 pages; Contributors : M. Amelotti, G. G. Archi, P. Birks, Y. Bongert, C. A. Cannata, J. De Churucca, A. Corbino, R. Feenstra, J. Gaudemet, Th. Giménez Candela, W. M. Gordon, A. S. Hartkamp, A. M. Honoré, M. Humbert, G. Klingenberg, R. Knütel, Chr. Krampe, L. Labruna, J. -Ph. Lévy, D. Liebs, J. H. A. Lokin, G. MacCormack, A. D. Manfredini, J. MélÈze Modrzejewski, Th. Mayer-Maly, J. Menner, R. Mentxaka, A. Metro, J. -H. Michel, J. Miquel, P. L. NÈve, D. Nörr, A. D’Ors, ÝG. Pugliese, J. M. Rainer, H. -A. Rupprecht, B. Santalucia, H. C. F. Schoordijk, E. J. H. Schrage, P. J. Sijpesteijn, J. E. Spruit, P. G. Stein, F. Sturm, M. Talamanca, L. Vacca, R. Verstegen, R. Vigneron, A. Wacke, L. Waelkens, W. Waldstein, H. J. Wieling, L. C. Winkel, W.… Read More