The Homicide Courts and the <i>Dikasteria</i>: A Paradigm not Followed
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The Athenians praised the Areopagus and the other homicide courts as the city's finest tribunals, seeing in their unusual procedures, particularly the relevancy rule, a greater emphasis on legal argument and less vulnerability...
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doaj-611764894a2a4dd4b2ddf754c9c3ac672021-09-02T02:58:26ZengDuke UniversityGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies0017-39162159-31592006-01-014143113302181The Homicide Courts and the <i>Dikasteria</i>: A Paradigm not FollowedAdriaan Lanni<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The Athenians praised the Areopagus and the other homicide courts as the city's finest tribunals, seeing in their unusual procedures, particularly the relevancy rule, a greater emphasis on legal argument and less vulnerability to influence by the emotional appeals or social standing of litigants. A distinctive conception of justice, and not only elite competition or social drama, was thus a part of Athenian judicial practice.</span>http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/2021 |
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The Athenians praised the Areopagus and the other homicide courts as the city's finest tribunals, seeing in their unusual procedures, particularly the relevancy rule, a greater emphasis on legal argument and less vulnerability to influence by the emotional appeals or social standing of litigants. A distinctive conception of justice, and not only elite competition or social drama, was thus a part of Athenian judicial practice.</span> |
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