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[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_popular_courts.html

The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate authority by their interpretation of the laws, decrees, and decisions passed by the Ekklesia, Boule, and archons. It was not unlike the Supreme Court of the United States, which also examines individual cases of law and decisions passed by its Congress and approved by its President.

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Lawcourts

http://agathe.gr/guide/lawcourts.html

Lawcourts Underlying the north end of the Stoa of Attalos are the slight remains of a group of buildings dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (Fig. 50). Largely open courtyards, they seem to have served ... As in the American system, these courts had the final say as to the legality and interpretation of any law, and essentially represent the sovereign power of the state.