Provides a systematic account of the law of Athens concerning the family, property, judicial procedure, and special procedures for public wrongs, covering only the period of the orators. Volume 1 covers marriage, children, adoption, guardianship, slavery and freedmen, capacity to own, joint ownership, easement, and real securities. Volume 2 covers the judicial machine, process at law, evidence, penalties, and judgement. Includes appendices of documents. First published by Oxford University Press in 1968 (vol. 1) and 1971 (vol. 2); this edition contains an updated bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.