2002
DOI: 10.2307/3246202
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The Athenian amnesty and the ‘scrutiny of the laws’

Abstract: The 'scrutiny of all the laws' that Andocides invokes in his defence On the Mysteries is usually interpreted as a recodification with the aim of barring prosecution for the crimes of civil conflict. This article advances four theses against that traditional reading: (1) In Andocides' argument the Scrutiny was designed for a more practicable purpose, not to pardon crimes unpunished but to quash any further action against former atimoi, those penalized under the old regime but restored to rights in 403. In conte… Show more

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“…Unlike the reforms attempted by the oligarchs, those that were enacted by democratic regimes in the last decade of the fifth century were successful in tackling the issues of legal change and innovation (the literature on these reforms is immense, see e.g. Kahrstedt 1938, Harrison 1955, Robertson 1990, Rhodes 1991, Carawan 2002, Joyce 2008, Shear 2011: passim, but now see Canevaro-Harris 2012: 110-16).…”
Section: The Revolutionary Reforms Of the Late Fifth-century Nomothetaimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unlike the reforms attempted by the oligarchs, those that were enacted by democratic regimes in the last decade of the fifth century were successful in tackling the issues of legal change and innovation (the literature on these reforms is immense, see e.g. Kahrstedt 1938, Harrison 1955, Robertson 1990, Rhodes 1991, Carawan 2002, Joyce 2008, Shear 2011: passim, but now see Canevaro-Harris 2012: 110-16).…”
Section: The Revolutionary Reforms Of the Late Fifth-century Nomothetaimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Научные труды по юридическим реформам конца V в. до н. э. см. [58][59][60][61]. О nomothesia в Афинах в IV в. до н. э. см.…”
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“…Pol. 39.6;Carawan (2002). 130 Ostwald (1986): 337; Ober (1998): 69, 98 identifies issues that could have a negative impact on proper decision making such as illegitimate private interests.…”
Section: Dêmokratia and The Emergence Of The Rule Of Lawmentioning
confidence: 99%