Athenian Democracy and Legal Change
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3340582 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Melissa Schwartzberg (0000-0003-1554-6535, George Washington University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2004 |
| Volumen | 98 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 311-325 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055404001169 |
| OpenAlex | W2120206861 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 25 |
| Referencias citadas | 32 |
The ancient Athenians regarded their ability to modify their laws as a fundamentally democratic trait; indeed, the faculty of "pragmatic innovation" was well known throughout the Greek world and was widely viewed as a key advantage that Athens had over its rival, Sparta. The Athenian commitment to legal change endured despite disastrous consequences at the end of the fifth century, a comprehensive revision of the laws, and the complication of legal procedure in the fourth century. In an apparent paradox, however, the Athenians also used "entrenchment clauses" to make certain laws immutable. Through analysis of entrenched laws and decrees, it is shown that the innovativeness that made Athens enviable also made it a difficult ally; entrenchment enabled the Athenians to make its commitments more credible. Although today entrenchment is typically used to protect crucial constitutional provisions, such as rights, in the ancient world it served a strategic purpose
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Adeia
Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World
The Athenian Political System’s Institutions and the Manning of Posts Related to Public Administration
Ordo corporatorum
The Place of Purity
Associations’ Regulations from the Ancient Greek World and Beyond
Regulations on Absence and Obligatory Participation in Ancient Associations
Greek thorybos , Roman eustatheia
Associations and Place
A World Full of Associations
Law and Order in Ancient Athens
Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World
On Two Anti-Democratic Uses of Sortition
Path dependence and transitions from tyranny to democracy
Process, Theory, and Practice in Direct Democracy
Pathways of National Reunification in G ermany, Y emen and K orea
Divided Power in Ancient Greece
The emergence of democratic constitutions
Athenian Democracy and Distrust
From Epistemic Diversity to Common Knowledge
The evolution of property rights in Hellenistic Greece and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Making direct democracy work
The Popular Courts in Athenian Democracy
What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy
Paradoxes of Constitutional Democracy
The Problems of a Political Animal
Demokratia
The Athenian Empire Restored
Antiphon and Andocides
A Historical Commentary on Thucydides, Vol. 5
The History
The Federalist
Nicomachean Ethics
A Selection of Greek historical inscriptions to the end of the fifth century B.C.
From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law
Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian War
From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus
The Athenian Grain-Tax Law of 374/3 B. C
At a Century's Ending
The Athenian Revolution
The Greek World 479-323 BC
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
The Shape of Athenian Law
Democracy and the Athenian Epigraphical Habit
The Decrees of the Greek States
The Problems of a Political Animal
Democratic states and commitment in international relations
Why Democracies May Actually Be Less Reliable Allies
Alliance Duration and Democracy
Ulysses Unbound
| Obras citantes distintas | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,25 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 25 |