The desacralization of law in Athens: The passage from thesmós to nómos between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C.

Authors

  • Alejandro Montiel Alvarez Universidade de Caxias do Sul. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2014.61.08

Abstract

The following paper intends to analyze the historical development of the legal rules in Athens from the 6th to 4th centuries B.C. It develops its argument through the discussion between transcendence and immanence of the law in the passage from the Greek thesmós to nómos. Finally, it argues that in Aristotle lies the possible synthesis of this discussion.

Keywords: thesmós, nómos, law, Aristotle, Athenian democracy.

Author Biography

Alejandro Montiel Alvarez, Universidade de Caxias do Sul. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito.

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Published

2014-07-16

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): January/June

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