The Rise and Fall of Communal Liability in Ancient Law

F. Parisi; Guiseppe Dari Mattiaci

The Rise and Fall of Communal Liability in Ancient Law

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Abstract

In ancient societies, rules of communal responsibility permitted the imposition of
retaliatory sanctions on a wrongdoer’s clan. These rules followed the collective
ownership structure of early communities. Over time, notions of personal
responsibility emerged, terminating the transfer of responsibility from one member
to the whole clan. This paper intends to provide an economic explanation for this
transition.

Original language	English
Publisher	UU USE Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute
Number of pages	24
Publication status	Published - Sept 2003

Publication series

Name	Discussion Paper Series / Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute
No.	12
Volume	03
ISSN (Electronic)	2666-8238

Keywords

communal liability
tort
ancient law
primitive society
group liability

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