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From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law by Martin Ostwald

From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law Law, Society, and Politics in Fifth-Century Athens

by Martin Ostwald (Author)
December 1989
First Edition
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$52.95, £41.00
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Rights: Available worldwide
Pages: 500
ISBN: 9780520067981
Trim Size: 6.14 x 9.21

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About the Book

Analyzing the "democratic" features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century B.C., Martin Ostwald traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted.

About the Author

Martin Ostwald is W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Autonomia: Its Genesis and Early History (1982).