The Athens Acropolis as seen from the Court of Cassation (Areopagus, i.e. the “Stone, or Hill, of Ares”)...
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This article provides a clue on China’s criminal policy on lenient punishments in history, including the Confucianization...
From the Guild-Book of the Barber-Surgeons of the city of York / British Library, Public Domain Medicine...
In response to drastic unjust debt and legal principles the Plebeians deserted their positions in society and...
The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in...
Kleroterion. This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
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Ancient Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both ancient and contemporary standards. By Adriaan...
Ordeal of boiling water from a Sachsenspiegel manuscript (1350 – 1375). Photo courtesy the Herzog August Bibliothek,...
In the Medieval ages there was an incredible amount of criminals, mostly because of impunity which gave...
Gloucestershire Constabulary at Northleach 1850s Pictures of Victorian policemen contain varied, conflicting and interacting strands of meaning....
Initial Q: David Before Saul (detail) from a psalter, after 1205, Master of the Ingeborg Psalter. Tempera...
William Hogarth – Industry and Idleness, Plate 5; The Idle ‘Prentice turn’d away, and sent to Sea...
Detail of sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III / The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Justice was an...
Siamese ambassador Kosa Pan presents King Narai’s letter to Louis XIV’s court at Versailles, 1686 / Wikimedia...
A representation of Draco at the library of the Supreme Court of the United States / Photo...
Coriolanus Addressing the Plebeians, George Cruikshank One of the most fundamental characteristics of civilization is the rule of...
A portion of the 2nd century BCE Basilica of the Roman town of Pompeii, the oldest surviving example of such...
Polychrome relief of Kagemni in his own mastaba, Saqqara, Egypt. Kagemni was a vizier of pharaohs Djedkare Isesi...
Parchman Penal Farm. Female prisoners sewing, circa 1930. Flickr/Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Some rights reserved....
The Roman Forum / Photo by DannyBoy7783, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Lorena Atzeri / 11.20.2017 Akademie der...
By Dr. Scott Doublas Gerber, J.D. Professor of Law Pettit College of Law Ohio Northern University The...
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate The requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt has this vital...
It’s time to stop letting the NRA scare the burgeoning gun safety movement led by courageous student...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pushing for stricter sentencing in criminal cases. / AP Photo/Frank Franklin II By...
By Dr. Kostas KapparisAssociate Professor of ClassicsUniversity of Florida Summary Suggested Reading: Apollodoros, “Against Neaira” (transmitted among...
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that evidence collected during an illegal stop can be used in court...
CONVICTED RAPIST BROCK ALLEN TURNER Brock Allen Turner, who withdrew from the university, was arrested after students...
Why do campuses have “free speech zones”? John By David L. Hudson, Jr. / 05.31.2016 First Amendment...
Photo by Fanghong / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Andrea Pia Research Fellow in the Anthropology of China London...
Bernard Parker, left, was rated high risk; Dylan Fugett was rated low risk. (Josh Ritchie for ProPublica,...