The Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Greece

by George Miller Calhoun

A fascinating examination of the evolution of criminal law in ancient Greece that begins with the Homeric era and highlights Solon's impact on legislation and the institution of criminal action. Marke 110.

Contents:
The Homeric age --
The Age of hesiod and the lyric poets --
Enactmen of true criminal law in Athens --
Special forms of criminal action in attic law --
Form and scope of solon's criminal legislation --
Criminal law in Athens after solon --
Criminal law in other states of hellas.

149 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1927

About the author

George Miller Calhoun (1886-1942) was a Professor of Greek at the University of California, USA and a Press Manager of Berkeley Press.

"Calhoun was an authority on Greek government, law, and economics, whose books and articles greatly advanced our knowledge of these fields. From these studies he acquired an extraordinary knowledge of the orations of Demosthenes and after 1930 he devoted much time to the Homeric epics. His sudden death cut short his plan for a book on the Homeric text tradition. A student of Robert J. Bonner at Chicago, he wrote The Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Athens , a significant contribution to the study of ancient law, as was also his Introduction to Greek Legal Science , published after his death. As a teacher of the Homeric epics, he emphasized translation into appropriate English prose, and for the purpose recommended the prose style of William Morris's romances."