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One of the most widely studied texts of ancient philosophy and politics, Plato's Laws is his last and most substantial dialogue, debating crucial questions on the subject of law-giving and education. This two-volume edition of 1921 was prepared by the classicist Edwin Bourdieu England (1847–1936), who describes the dialogue as 'the treasury of pregnant truths which Plato in extreme old age left … as his last legacy to humanity'. Generally held to have been written after Plato's failed attempt to influence Syracusan politics, it concerns the just city and its constitution, including discussions of divine revelation, the role of intelligence in the creation of laws, and natural law itself. This edition comprises a short introduction, England's helpful analyses, the Greek text of the dialogue, and extensive notes. Volume 2 is devoted to Books 7–12. It also includes indexes of subjects and Greek words

Yabu, T.: On relations between Greece and Japan. S. 5-22. Chronopoulos, G.: The Meiji reformation 1868-1890: foundation for a modern state. S: 23-42. Chronopoulosm G.: Christianity in Japan from 1500 to modern times. S. 43-52. Roussos, J.: Ancient Greek tragedy and Noh - a parallelism. S. 53-74. Kostakos, G.: Japan on the international political stage and its role in the framework of the United Nations. S. 75-90. Nikolaou, I.: Threat perceptions in the Asian Pacific region. S. 91-106. Vallianatos, S.: The post-war Japanese policy towards the Middle East. S. 107-134. (Text in griechisch). Spanides, P.: JETRO: A commitment to harmony and import expansion. S. 135-150. Klonos, G.: MITI and its role in the Japanese and world economy. S. 151-158. Yamazaki, T.: The action of the Japanese companies facing the EC internal market integration. S. 159-168. Koutsoubas, T.: Japan: a new market opens up. S. 169-180. Papatriantafyllou, D.: Japanese management. S. 181-190. (Text in griechisch)

Known from ancient authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato, and more than 2,500 inscriptions, proxeny (a form of public guest-friendship) is the best attested interstate institution of the ancient world. This book offers a comprehensive re-examination of our evidence for this important Greek institution and uses it to examine the structure and dynamics of the interstate system of the Greek world, and the way in which these were transformed under the Roman Empire. Based on a detailed analysis of the function of the formulaic language of honorific decrees, this volume presents a new reconstruction of proxeny, and explores the way in which interstate institutions shaped the behaviour of individuals and communities in the ancient world. It draws on other material which has not been systematically exploited to reconstruct the proxeny networks of Greek city-states. This material reveals the extraordinary density of formal interconnections which characterized the ancient Greek world before the age of Augustus and reflected both trade and political contacts of different kinds. 0It also traces the disappearance of both proxeny and the broader institutional system of which it was part. Drawing on nuanced analysis of quantitative trends in the epigraphic record, it argues that the Greek world underwent a profound reorientation by the time of the Roman Principate, which fundamentally altered how Greek cities viewed relations with each other. Readership: For scholars and students interested in the history of ancient Greek institutions, epigraphy, ancient international relations, ancient Greek political structure, and the world of ancient Greece more generally