Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future

Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens, and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome - and through this lens explores current political issues in our society.

Autorentext

Carlo Pelloso is Associate Professor of Roman Law at the University of Verona, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of Ancient Greek Law at the University of Padua, Italy. He has been 'visiting scholar' at the Universities of Edinburgh, UK, Berlin (Freie Universität), Germany; and La Habana, Cuba. He has published more than fifty articles and four monographs on the legal experiences of the ancient Mediterranean. He is co-director of the international review R - Review of Hellenic Law.

Klappentext

Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens, and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome - and through this lens explores current political issues in our society.

Inhalt

Introduction. Democracies, Republics and Beyond: Challenges and Questions; Chapter 1. The Need for New Paradigms; Chapter 2. : Back to the Future; Chapter 3. Tribuni and Res Publica: At the Roots of the Concurrent Majority; Index