Aristotle’s Discussion of Legal Change

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ID7662452
AuthorsElisabetta Poddighe (0000-0001-6347-9432, University of Cagliari, corresponding author), Louis-André Dorion (0000-0001-9443-814X)
Year2019
Issue42
Pages183-207
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAraucaria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1575-6823 • E-ISSN: 2340-2199
PublisherEditorial Universidad de Sevilla (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.12795/araucaria.2019.i42.09
OpenAlexW2996903764
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Aristotle's discussion of legal change in Politics II.8 is the subject of this article. The aim is to show that Aristotle viewed legal change positively, when changes to the law were required, and that his discussion was mainly concerned with the two rather distinct roles of the demos and of the legislator. This essay deals with a re-examination of 1268b 25ff. in book II of Aristotle's Politics and its connection with book III. The analysis is also extended to Aristotle's Rhetoric and Nicomachean Ethics, and to Plato's Politicus and Laws

Epistemology · Humanities · Legislator · Library science · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Theology · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal principles and applications · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought

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