{"id":71,"date":"2023-11-03T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/dark\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:02:15","slug":"publications-on-ancient-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/publications\/publications-on-ancient-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications on Ancient Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Law and Crime in Democratic Athens<\/em>, Cambridge University Press (under contract).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law and Order in Ancient Athens<\/a><\/em>, Cambridge University Press (2016, paperback edition 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law and Justice in the Courts of Classical Athens<\/em><\/a>, Cambridge University Press (2006, paperback edition 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited Volumes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A Global History of Crime and Punishment in Antiquity<\/a><\/em>, Bloomsbury Press, (editor) (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symposion 2013<\/em>: Papers on Greek and Hellenistic Legal History (OAW 2014) (co-edited with Michael Gargarin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“Criminal Justice without an Independent Prosecutor: Context and Culpability in Classical Athenian Jury Trials” Modern Criminal Law Review<\/em> (forthcoming 2027).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cModern Theories of Civic Engagement and the Athenian Jury,\u201d Classica et Mediaevalia Supplementum<\/em> 4 (forthcoming 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRules vs. Stories: Weighing the Ancient Athenian Approaches to Procedural Justice<\/a>\u201d 35 Yale Journal of Law and Humanities <\/em>537 (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntroduction: Ancient Approaches to Crime\u201d in Lanni, ed., A Global History of Crime: <\/em>Vol. 1 Antiquity<\/em> (Bloomsbury Press, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEnforcement in Classical Athens\u201d in Lanni, ed., A Global History of Crime: Vol. 1 <\/em>Antiquity<\/em> (Bloomsbury Press, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransitional Justice in the Ancient World<\/a>\u201d in Meirhenreich, ed., Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice<\/em> (Oxford, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cClassical Athens\u2019 Radical Democratic Rule of Law<\/a>\u201d in Jens Meierhenreich & Martin Loughlin, eds., The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStratverfahren im antiken Griechenland\u201d in Grotkamp & Seelentag, eds., Konfliktl\u00f6sung in der Antike<\/em> 245 (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTruth in Athenian Court Verdicts\u201d in Ando, ed. Discovery of the Fact<\/em> (University of Michigan Press, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNotes on Athenian Private Prosecution in Comparative Context\u201d Dike: Rivista di storia <\/em>del diritto Greco ed ellenistico <\/em>(2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntroduction\u201d (co-authored with Robert Wallace) in Paula Perlman, ed., Greek Law in the Twenty-First Century<\/em> (University of Texas Press, 2018) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom Anthropology to Sociology: New Directions in Ancient Greek Law Research\u201d in Paula Perlman, ed., Greek Law in the Twenty-First Century<\/em> (University of Texas Press, 2018) 157-171.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Role of the Complaint (graphe\/enklema) in the Athenian Legal System,” Symposion 2017<\/em> (2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Collective Sanctions in Classical Athens” in Dennis Kehoe & Thomas McGinn, eds., Ancient Law, Ancient Society<\/em> (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming).  ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“From Anthropology to Sociology: New Directions in Ancient Greek Law Research” in Paula Perlman, ed., Greek Law in the Twenty-First Century<\/em> (University of Texas Press, forthcoming). ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Disqualified Olympians: The Skeptical Greek View of Divine Judges,” in Ari Mermelstein & Shalom Holtz, ed., The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective<\/em> (Brill 2014) 128-144 (co-authored with Victor Bers).  ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Public and Private in Classical Athenian Enforcement” in Clifford Ando & J\u00f6rg R\u00fcpke, eds., Public and Private in Ancient Mediterranean Law and Religion<\/em> 37-52 (DeGruyter 2015)  ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Need for Comparative Law in the Search for Greek Legal Unity: A Response to Phillips” in Michael Gagarin & Adriaan Lanni, eds., Symposion 2013:<\/em> Papers on Greek and Hellenistic Legal History 99-103 (OAW 2014).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrecautionary Constitutionalism in the Ancient World,\u201d<\/a> 34 Cardozo Law Review<\/em> 893 (2013) (co-authored with Adrian Vermeule).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSocial Sanctions in Classical Athens\u201d in B. Legras, ed.,  Symposion 2011: Vortr\u00e4ge zur griecheschen und hellenistischen Rechtgeschichte <\/em> 99 (OAW 2013).  ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLaw and Democracy in Classical Athens\u201d in Johann Arnason, Kurt Raaflaub & Peter Wagner eds., The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy <\/em>163-181 (Wiley-Blackwell 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAncient Constitutional Design\u201d<\/a> 64 Stanford Law Review <\/em>907 (2012) (co-authored with Adrian Vermeule).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPublicity in Ancient Athenian Courts\u201d<\/a> 24 Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities <\/em>119 (2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransitional Justice in Ancient Athens: A Case Study,\u201d<\/a> 32 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law<\/em> 551 (2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJudicial Review and the Athenian \u2018Constitution.\u201d<\/a> in Mogens Hansen, ed., Athenian Demokratia-Modern Democracy<\/em>: Tradition and Inspiration<\/em>, 235-263 (Fondation Hardt 2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Expressive Effect of the Athenian Prostitution Laws,\u201d Classical Antiquity <\/em>29.1: 45-67 (2010) (peer-reviewed).  ABSTRACT (Download)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSocial Norms in the Ancient Athenian Courts,<\/a>\u201d Journal of Legal Analysis 1.2 (2009) (peer-reviewed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Laws of War in Ancient Greece,\u201d<\/a> 26 Law and History Review <\/em>469 (2008) (peer-reviewed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Verdict Most Just\u2019: The Modes of Athenian Justice,\u201d<\/a> 16 Yale Journal of Law and Humanities <\/em>277 (2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArguing from \u2018precedent\u2019: Modern perspectives on Athenian practice,\u201d<\/a> in The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece<\/em> 159 (Harris & Rubinstein, eds., 2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Homicide Courts and the Dikasteria: A Paradigm Not Followed,\u201d 41 Greek, Roman, & Byzantine Studies<\/em> 311 (2002) (peer-reviewed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrecedent and legal reasoning in ancient Athenian courts: A noble lie?,\u201d<\/a> 43 American Journal of Legal History<\/em> 27 (1999).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpectator sport or serious politics? Hoi periestekotes<\/em> and the Athenian lawcourts,\u201d<\/a> 117 Journal of Hellenic Studies<\/em> 183 (1997) (peer-reviewed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Review of Josiah Ober, The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece<\/em>, The New Rambler Review <\/em>(August 2015)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Victoria Wohl, Law\u2019s Cosmos, Classical Review <\/em>61(1):48-50 (2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Michael Gagarin, Writing Greek Law,<\/em> American Journal of Legal History<\/em> 50:113 (2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review of Gabriel Herman, Morality and Behaviour in Democratic Athens<\/em>, American Historical Review <\/em>1209 <\/em>(Oct. 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Review, L. Foxhall & A.D.E. Lewis, Greek Law in its Political Setting<\/em>, 7 Bryn Mawr Classical Review<\/em> 669 (1996).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books Law and Crime in Democratic Athens, Cambridge University Press (under contract). Law and Order in Ancient Athens, Cambridge University Press (2016, paperback edition 2018). Law and Justice in the Courts of Classical Athens, Cambridge University Press (2006, paperback edition 2008). Edited Volumes A Global History of Crime and Punishment in Antiquity, Bloomsbury Press, (editor) (2023). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/adriaan-lanni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}