ARISTOTELOV USTAV ATENSKI
ARISTOTLE'S THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ATHENIANS

Author(s): Dževad Drino
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of Law, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political history, Social history, Ancient World, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Centar za društvena i interreligijska istraživanja Univerziteta u Zenici
Keywords: The Constitution of the Athenians; Aristotle; Athenian law; history; Hellenic history;
Summary/Abstract: Athens in the classical period of Hellenic history was by far the most developed city of Helena, and its democratic system of making important decisions in the Assembly as well as their implementation, was a role model not only in the Hellenic world. Aristotle does not follow his teacher Plato nor Xenophon who do not discern difference between the system of government in the household and the polis. Polis is the community of equal people where relationships create free citizens who are also representatives of their own households, families or the territorial units (topics). Aristotle in the Rhetoric shares laws into general (natural) and specific, those which individual nations defined to themselves and for themselves which could be written and unwritten. Constitution of Athens is the only surviving piece of the rich Hellenic and legal history. In the following lines we will try to explain what this work contains and why it is important even nowadays after two and a half millennia.

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