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- Title
Federica Carugati, Creating a Constitution. Law, Democracy and Growth in Ancient Athens, Princeton – Oxford (Princeton University Press) 2019, XII, 239 S., ISBN 978-0-691-19563-6 (geb.), $ 42,–.
- Authors
Nippel, Wilfried
- Abstract
The text is a book review of "Creating a Constitution: Law, Democracy and Growth in Ancient Athens" by Federica Carugati. The author explores the development of a constitution in ancient Athens using social science models such as institutional economics and game theory. The book argues that Athens lacked a defined constitution in the 5th century BC, with the unrestricted power of the assembly being a key flaw. The review questions the book's claims of offering new insights and highlights the lack of empirical evidence to support the models used.
- Subjects
ATHENS (Greece); GAME theory in economics; PRINCETON University; CREATING a Constitution: Law, Democracy &; Growth in Ancient Athens (Book); CONSTITUTIONS; INSTITUTIONAL economics; DEMOCRACY; TEXTBOOKS
- Publication
KLIO: Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, 2023, Vol 105, Issue 2, p703
- ISSN
0075-6334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/klio-2023-2012