Although the network ’tribunal’ has a recently established origin, it derives from an old heritage that suits its purpose excellently. The word ’tribunal’ comes from the Latin ’tribunal’. In ancient Greece, especially in democratic Athens, tribunals (courts) were central political institutions where citizens exercised judicial power and, through that, real political authority. They were not merely legal bodies, but a fundamental means by which the demos (the people) governed themselves and controlled the elites.
For thinkers such as Aristotle, participation in law courts was a defining element of citizenship, alongside participation in the Assembly, because it enabled the people to decide disputes and public matters collectively.
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The Athenian popular courts (dikasteria, including the large body sometimes called the hēliaia) comprised large juries of ordinary male citizens over the age of 30, chosen by lot, who judged both civil and criminal cases.
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