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Athenian Constitutionalism: nomothesia and the graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai

    Mirko Canevaro

Symposion 2017, pp. 65-98, 2019/02/27

Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Tel Aviv, 20.- 23. August 2017)

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Abstract

This article investigates whether Athenian nomothesia and graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai created a system of checks and balances on legislative activity akin to modern ‘constitutionalism’. Although Athens did not have a separate written constitution, the Athenians discussed new legislation, engaging with the existing laws as a coherent whole, ‘as though there were a constitution’ – in doing so they used and enforced constitutional arguments.

Keywords: Athenian nomothesia, constitutionalism, judicial review, Demosthenes, legislation