@inbook{f493a099b93b4383a495b7fba449174b,
title = "Athenian constitutionalism: Nomothesia and the graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai",
abstract = "This article investigates whether Athenian nomothesia and graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai created a system of checks and balances on legislative activity akin to modern {\textquoteleft}constitutionalism. Although Athens did not have a separate written constitution, the Athenians discussed new legislation, engaging with the existing laws as a coherent whole, {\textquoteleft}as though there were a constitution{\textquoteright} – in doing so they used and enforced constitutional arguments.",
keywords = "Athenian nomothesia, constitutionalism, judicial review, Demosthenes, legislation",
author = "Mirko Canevaro",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "14",
doi = "10.2307/j.ctvd7w7mm",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783700183808",
series = "Akten Der Gesellschaft Fur Griechische Und Hellenistische Rechtgeschichte",
publisher = "Austrian Academy of Sciences Press",
pages = "65--98",
editor = "Gerhard Th{\"u}r and Uri Yiftach-Firanko",
booktitle = "Symposion 2017",
}