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- Title
The Authority of Law in Plato's Crito.
- Authors
Hatzistavrou, Antony
- Abstract
In this article I analyze the speech of the Laws in Plato's Crito from a jurisprudential perspective. More specifically I explore the Laws' views about the authority of law. I offer new interpretations of their famous 'persuade or obey' alternative and of their arguments about their superior moral status and the agreements of the citizens with them. I also explore the rather neglected topic of the mental attitude towards their authority that they demand from the citizens and conclude with a discussion of their understanding of the relation between law and morality. I approach the speech of the Laws as a historian of legal thought and try to locate their arguments firmly within both the context of the ancient Athenian legal system and the context of Platonic philosophy.
- Subjects
LEGAL authorities; LAW; CRITO (Book : Plato); SPEECHES, addresses, etc.; LEGAL ethics; JURISPRUDENCE
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p365
- ISSN
0841-8209
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/cjlj.2019.24