02070    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001500151072001400166072001500180072001600195072001500211072001300226072001200239072001300251072001400264072002100278072002200299100002300321245009800344250000600442260003200448300001000480520122700490999001501717131716842920250317111559.0250312042016GB                   eng    a9781317168423  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 42.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNHC2thema7 aLAZ2thema7 aDB2thema7 aGTC2thema7 aLNSH2thema7 aHBLA12bic7 aLAZ2bic7 aDB2bic7 aGTC2bic7 aLNSH2bic7 aHIS0020002bisac7 a347.3850662bisac1 aVasileios Adamidis10aCharacter Evidence in the Courts of Classical AthensbRhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20161125  a244 p  bThere has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings in classical Athens. Specifically, there is divergence regarding the extent to which judicial panels were influenced by non-legal considerations in addition to, or even instead of, questions of law. Ancient rhetorical theory and practice devoted much attention to character and it is this aspect of Athenian law which forms the focus of this book. Close analysis of the dispute-resolution passages in ancient Greek literature reveals striking similarities with the rhetoric of litigants in the Athenian courts and thus helps to shed light on the function of the courts and the fundamental nature of Athenian law. The widespread use of character evidence in every aspect of argumentation can be traced to the Greek ideas of ‘character’ and ‘personality’, the inductive method of reasoning, and the social, political and institutional structures of the ancient Greek polis. According to the author’s proposed method of interpretation, character evidence was not a means of diverting the jury’s attention away from the legal issues; instead, it was a constructive and relevant way of developing a legal argument.  c3949d3949