The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive
apparatus to ensure order or compliance with law: there was no
professional police force or public prosecutor, and nearly every
step in the legal process depended on private initiative. And yet
Athens was a remarkably peaceful and well-ordered society by both
ancient and contemporary standards. Why? Law and Order in Ancient
Athens draws on contemporary legal scholarship to explore how order
was maintained in Athens. Lanni argues that law and formal legal
institutions played a greater role in maintaining order than is
generally acknowledged. The legal system did encourage compliance
with law, but not through the familiar deterrence mechanism of
imposing sanctions for violating statutes. Lanni shows how formal
institutions facilitated the operation of informal social control
in a society that was too large and diverse to be characterized as
a 'face-to-face community' or 'close-knit group'.
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