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Review
Joaquin Garrido'
Marktbezogene Gesetzgebung im spathellenistischen Athen - der
Volksbeschluss fiber Masse und Gewichte. Eine epigraphische und
rechtshistorische Untersuchung. [Miinchener Beitrage zur Papy-
rusforschung und antiken Rechtsgeschichte, 113.] By Mariagrazia
Rizzi. Munich: C. H. Beck. 2017. ix + 182 pp. ISBN 978-3-406-70910-4.
Among the epigraphic sources of late Hellenism, the decree on
measures and weights Athenis in domo abbatis Parhenii stands out
for its capital importance for the knowledge of the legal and
economic history of Athens. In this work, the various sections of
this decree are analyzed from a predominantly historical-legal
perspective. According to the author's Foreword, this work appears
after a long period devoted to the study of the ancient history of
legal epigraphy, with special attention given to the economic and
commercial legislation of ancient law.' This dense monograph
appears in the prestigious Miinchener Beitrdge zur Papyrus-
forschung und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte collection; at the Leopold
Wenger Institute of the University of Munich, Professor Rizzi
surely found the essential materials for the achievement of this
scholarly research.
We owe the knowledge of this historic decree to Michel Four-
mont, who discovered it in an inscription on the stone of the
Athenian Acropolis, in 1729. Its discovery took place within the
framework of an expedition led by Louis XV himself and his
minister, the Count of Maurepas, intended for the collection of
Eastern and Greek manuscripts of the Ottoman Empire. The ex-
. Joaquin Garrido, Assistant Professor of Roman Law, Universidad
de Sevilla.
1 Prof. Mariagrazia Rizzi is a recognized specialist in the history of
ancient law; some of her previous works are Imperator cognoscens decrevit:
profili e contenuti dell'attivit giudiziaria imperiale in eta classica (Milan
2012), and Legislazione di mercato ad Atene attraverso la documentazione
epigrafica dalla fine dell'et ellenistica all'epoca imperiale (Rome 2016).
Roman Legal Tradition, 15 (2019), 1-4. ISSN 1943-6483. Published by the Ames Foundation at
the Harvard Law School and the Alan Rodger Endowment at the University of Glasgow. This
work may be reproduced and distributed for all non-commercial purposes. Copyright @ 2019 by
Joaquin Garido. All rights reserved apart from those granted above. ROMANLEGALTRADITION.ORG](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/rltrad15&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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