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What was the law of Leptines’ really about? Reflections on Athenian public economy and legislation in the fourth century BCE

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  • Mirko Canevaro

    (The University of Edinburgh)

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The article investigates a case study of fiscal policy formation in fourth century BCE Athens: that of the law of Leptines. The law was enacted but later challenged through a procedure of constitutional judicial review (graphe nomon me epitedeion theinai). Through a detailed analysis of the arguments at the trial, the article reconstructs the financial issues that the law was meant to solve, regarding the liturgical system and its wider implications. Recent scholarship has highlighted the complexity and sophistication of Athenian public finances and economic policy. The article finds a window into the debates from which the relevant institutions originated.

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  • Mirko Canevaro, 2018. "What was the law of Leptines’ really about? Reflections on Athenian public economy and legislation in the fourth century BCE," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 29(4), pages 440-464, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:copoec:v:29:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1007_s10602-018-9260-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10602-018-9260-7
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    1. Moreno, Alfonso, 2007. "Feeding the Democracy: The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199228409.
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    Keywords

    Public finances; Athens; Trade; Taxation; Ancient economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
    • K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
    • N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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