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Podcast: Who is Satoshi
Episode: 107 Athenian Justice
Description: Send us a textAthens' justice system began as oral law and later implemented draconian and solonian law. History sees this as progress simply because the laws came about later during the civilization--perhaps this 'progress' exacerbated the problem.Comparing a simple system of oral laws to our current judicial system in the U.S. we could certainly say we lost our way. Lawyers and Judges must study for a decade or more to be fit to judge the morality of things, whereas in Athens, every citizen could participate and seek out justice.In...