Research Catalog

Title

The forensic stage : settling disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy / Adele C. Scafuro.

Author

Scafuro, Adele C.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xxi, 512 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Classical drama (Comedy) > History and criticism
• Dispute resolution (Law)
• Law and literature
• Law, Greek
• Roman law

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-498) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The staging of dispute settlement -- 2. Initiating justice: threat, summons, and arrest -- 3. Arbitration and reconciliation in Athens and Rome -- 4. Scenarios of arbitration and reconciliation in New Comedy -- 5. Redress for sexual offenses in Athenian and Roman law -- 6. The resolution of seduction and rape in New Comedy -- 7. Arguing behind closed doors -- 8. Entrapment and framing -- App. 1. Official arbitration in the Attic orators -- App. 2. Private arbitrations and reconciliations in Athens -- App. 3. Remedies for enslavement, kidnapping, and slave stealing in Athens and Rome -- App. 4. Controversial summonses in Rudens and Persa -- App. 5. Threats of lawsuits and self-help remedies in Graeco-Roman New Comedy.

ISBN

0521443830 (hardback)

LCCN

^^^96037394^//r98

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library