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- The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
- The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Notes on the Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Diachronic Perspectives
- Part II Regional Perspectives
- Part III Structures and Processes
- 11 Population
- 12 Consumption, Nutrition, and the Grain Supply
- 13 The Agricultural Economy
- 14 The Non-Agricultural Economy: Artisans, Traders, Women, and Slaves
- 15 Markets
- 16 Money, Credit, and Banking
- 17 Dispute Resolution
- 18 Taxation and Tribute
- Part IV Networks
- Part V Performance
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
17 - Dispute Resolution
from Part III - Structures and Processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
- The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
- The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Notes on the Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Diachronic Perspectives
- Part II Regional Perspectives
- Part III Structures and Processes
- 11 Population
- 12 Consumption, Nutrition, and the Grain Supply
- 13 The Agricultural Economy
- 14 The Non-Agricultural Economy: Artisans, Traders, Women, and Slaves
- 15 Markets
- 16 Money, Credit, and Banking
- 17 Dispute Resolution
- 18 Taxation and Tribute
- Part IV Networks
- Part V Performance
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
Summary
Norms and regulations within the Greek polis provided a legal framework not only for the different markets and the support of economic activities, but also for the resolution of disputes arising between the private persons as well as magistrates. Whenever humans interacted within the economical sphere, conflicts could easily arise . Be they over the ownership of land or products, the transaction of goods and labour, or levies and taxes, in order to maintain good order they had to be resolved peacefully and without personal violence. Thus, the judicial structures and procedural principles of dispute resolution in the economic sphere of the Greek city as conveyed in literary, epigraphic, and papyrological sources are represented.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy , pp. 250 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022