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  • 17 - Dispute Resolution

  • from Part III - Structures and Processes
  • Edited by Sitta von Reden, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy
    Published online:
    21 July 2022
    Print publication:
    04 August 2022, pp 250-263

  • 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.