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Titre(s) : The discovery of the fact [Texte imprimé] / edited by Clifford Ando and William P. Sullivan
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (vi, 207 pages) ; 24 cm
Collection : Law and society in the ancient world
Lien à la collection : Law and society in the ancient world
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.. - "This volume assembles papers from a seminar in which speakers were invited to
respond to the robust historical landscape here described ... The volume as whole,
however, seeks to make two substantial claims, for ancient legal history as a domain
for the study of the history of knowledge and, recursively, for the relevance of questions
of historical epistemology to ancient legal history."--ECIP Introduction. - Includes bibliographical references and index
"The Discovery of the Fact draws on expertise from lawyers, historians of philosophy,
and scholars of classical studies and ancient history, to take a very modern perspective
on an underexplored but essential domain of ancient legal history. Everyone is familiar
with courts as adjudicators of facts. But legal institutions also played an essential
role in the emergence of the notion of the fact, and contributed in a vital way to
commonplace understandings of what is knowable and what is not. These issues have
a particular importance in ancient Greece and Rome, the first western societies in
which state law and state institutions of dispute resolution visibly play a decisive
role in ordinary social and economic relations. The Discovery of the Fact investigates,
historically and comparatively, the relationships among the law, legal institutions,
and the boundaries of knowledge in classical Greece and Rome. Societies wanted citizens
to conform to the law, but how could this be insured? On what foundation did ancient
courts and institutions base their decisions, and how did they represent the reasoning
behind their decisions when announcing them? Slaves were owned like things, and yet
they had minds that ancients conceded were essentially unknowable. What was to be
done? And where has the boundary been drawn between questions of law and questions
of fact when designing processes of dispute resolution?"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Ando, Clifford (1969-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sullivan, William P.. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Preuve (droit romain)
Preuve (droit grec)
Droit et fait -- Antiquité
Genre ou forme : Actes de congrès
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472131884. - ISBN 0472131885. - ISBN 9780472126644 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468720598
Notice n° :
FRBNF46872059
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Table des matières : Introduction : The Discovery of the Fact / Clifford Ando ; Were the Ancient Greeks
Epistemic Democrats? / Daniela Cammack ; The Legal Construction of the Fact, between
Rhetoric and Roman Law / Nicolas Cornu Thénard ; Legal Knowledge in Gortyn: Debt
Bondage and the Liability of Slaves in Gortynian Law / David M. Lewis ; Free in Fact?
: Legal Status and State in the Suits for Freedom / Nicole Giannella ; Gossip, Slander,
Hearsay, Truth : Oral Evidence in Athenian Courts / Esther Eidinow ; Truth and Athenian
Court Verdicts / Adriaan Lanni ; The Certainty of Documents : Records of Proceedings
as Guarantors of Memory in Political and Legal Argument / Clifford Ando ; Fact as
Law: An Archaeology of Legal Realism / Pierre Thévenin.
