Criminal Law in Ancient Greece: Draconian to Solonian
We may fairly, and reverently, gaze backward in time to ancient Greece as both the nursery and experimental laboratory for a number of the most enduringly important legal teachings regarding our corpus of criminal jurisprudence. We do not, however, need to look very far away for proof positive that the spirit of Draco, the feared and reviled Athenian Lawgiver, still is well and alive today.