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The Role of the Complaint (graphe / enklema) in the Athenian Legal System

    Adriaan Lanni

Symposion 2017, pp. 185-202, 2019/02/27

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

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Abstract

This paper examines the complaint and its relationship to the statutory charge and Athenian notions of relevance. The paper argues that the complaint did not provide a limit on what was considered legally relevant in court. Moreover, the characteristics of our surviving complaints suggest that it is unlikely that they greatly enhanced legal certainty.

Keywords: Ancient Athens, Law, graphe, enklema, Complaint, Relevance