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This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form
Since it was no longer self-evident that "better men" meant "better government," critics of democracy sought new arguments to explain the relationship among pol
The definitive book on judicial review in Athens from the 5th through the 4th centuries BCE. The power of the court to overturn a law or decree—called judicia
This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long