Abstract
P. Gur. 2 = Sel. Pap. II 256 = CPJ·I 19 (226 BCE, Krokodilôn Polis, Arsinoitês), published in 1921, contains a section of a royal diagramma, a decree that prescribes to judges in the Greek court of the dikastêrion what legal sources they should consider in their verdicts. The judges should first and foremost apply the king’s own diagrammata, but if those diagrammata do not feature any relevant instructions, judges should adduce two alternative sources: first, the politikoi nomoi, and second, if the polikitoi nomoi record no relevant regulation(s) either, “the most righteous view.”¹ For students of Classical law, the
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Symposion 2017 |
Subtitle of host publication | Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Tel Aviv, 20.-23. August 2017) |
Editors | Gerhard Thür, Uri Yiftach, Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz |
Place of Publication | Wien |
Publisher | Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften |
Pages | 17-30 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783700183808, 3700183801 |
State | Published - 2018 |