Law and Religion in Early Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Gagarin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 58-78 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199550234.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2504199977 |
| ISBN | 9780199550234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This chapter proposes two theories about the relationship between law and religion in early Greece. First, from the beginning, law in Greece never manifested itself as part of a general collection of diverse rules in which religious, legal, moral, and other rules were gathered together without distinction. Law was always an institution in its own right. Second, laws, clearly designated as such, included rules about religious matters, but primarily (or only) because the community had a substantial public interest (usually financial) in these rules. It concludes by looking at religion in classical Athenian law, focusing on asebeia (impiety) and the trial of Socrates.
Epistemology · Institution · Law and Religion · Political science · Public law · Sociology · SOCRATES · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |