Greek Law

The fundamental aim of this class is to make the students reflect on the elements of continuity and discontinuity between ancient and modern law and legal structure. For this purpose, a good number of lessons are dedicated to laws, institutions and cases (e.g. relationship between revenge and justice; means and function of punishment) that allow such a comparison.

By attending the lessons in Greek law, the students will:
- Learn the main institutes of Greek law (and in particular of Athenian law) and of the historical, political and economic reasons of their evolution
- understand the historical relevance of legal principles which were developed in ancient Greece and are still in force
- interpret the sources and provide arguments for their interpretation
- communicate their knowledge with technical terms, and use the available evidence to reinforce their arguments
- compare ancient and modern legal institutions