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Law's cosmos juridical discourse in Athenian forensic oratory /

"Recent literary-critical work in legal studies reads law as a genre of literature, noting that Western law originated as a branch of rhetoric in classical Greece and lamenting the fact that the law has lost its connection to poetic language, narrative, and imagination. But modern legal scholar...

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Main Author:	Wohl, Victoria, 1966-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Forensic oratory. Rhetoric, Ancient. Law, Greek. Law > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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