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Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.

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[An] excellent and well-written book. -- W. Jeffrey Tatum American Historical Review

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Litigiousness, Ancient and Modern
Chapter 1. Litigation in Democratic Athens
Chapter 2. The Invention of Sykophancy: Idea and Ideology
Chapter 3. Litigation and Class Conflict
Chapter 4. Public Suits and Volunteer Prosecutors
Chapter 5. Private Quarrels and Public Disputes: Quarrelsomeness and Community Ideals
Chapter 6. Beyond the Letter of the Law
Conclusions
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index of Ancient Citations
General Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/01/1999
      ISBN13: 9780801858635, 978-0801858635
      ISBN10: 0801858631
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.

      Trade Review
      [An] excellent and well-written book. -- W. Jeffrey Tatum American Historical Review

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      Introduction: Litigiousness, Ancient and Modern
      Chapter 1. Litigation in Democratic Athens
      Chapter 2. The Invention of Sykophancy: Idea and Ideology
      Chapter 3. Litigation and Class Conflict
      Chapter 4. Public Suits and Volunteer Prosecutors
      Chapter 5. Private Quarrels and Public Disputes: Quarrelsomeness and Community Ideals
      Chapter 6. Beyond the Letter of the Law
      Conclusions
      Notes
      Select Bibliography
      Index of Ancient Citations
      General Index

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