CLST 107CNS
Ancient Athenian Law
Joshua D. Sosin
Description from DukeHub
Introduction to ancient Athenian law. Read and discuss court speeches from real trials held 2000+ years ago. Topics range from homicide to commerce and banking, citizenship to assault, slavery to inheritance, religion to sexuality, political amnesty to judicial torture. Explore, through in-class discussion, theory and practice of law, aspects of social, economic, political, and cultural history visible through law in action, relationship between Athenian law and Athenian democracy.
Skills
- policy and lawdescription: "law" and 3 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "law"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
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