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DESCRIPTION:The Great Trials lecture series considers a collection of histo
 ry-making trials across time and examines the social and political context
 s in which they took place as well as their cultural consequences. The ser
 ies takes the position that ‘law’ happens as much outside the courtroom as
  it does within it\, and that each of these pivotal events stands as testa
 ment to the ways in which constructions of authority\, law\, and justice h
 ave informed cultural consciousness across centuries.\nIPLAI is pleased to
  offer the lectures in this series for CLE credit through the Barreau du Q
 uébec.\nAeschylus’ Oresteia is our only extant Greek tragic trilogy\, and 
 with a production date of 458 BC\, includes one of our eariest examples of
  courtroom drama. Over the course of the trilogy\, the House of Atreus mov
 es through a cycle of blood vengeance and murder that only comes to an end
  in the final play\, the Eumenides\, where a murder trial is finally conve
 ned. This evolution\, from a system of vengeance to civic justice\, reflec
 ts a real change in Ancient Greek law as the polis emerged as the principl
 e organising institution of Greek culture. At the same time\, the play's d
 epiction of the Areopagos (the Athenian homicide court) in some part respo
 nds to the first half of the fifth century’s series of radical democratic 
 reforms and the refinement of the role of the court. This lecture tracks t
 he shift from blood-feud to legal justice through Greek literature and law
 --culminating in a discussion of the Oresteia--and asks what these two opp
 osing systems can teach us about our own notions of justice in North Ameri
 ca today.\nFor details and to register: /iplai/great-
 trials
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SUMMARY:Great Trials IV Lecture Series - The Trial of Orestes
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