Equality Before The Law: Equality In The Athenian Democracy

When we see or read things that we see everyday, we sometimes wonder where they come from or why they appear the way they do. When we see such things we begin to question what 's proper, what 's right, and ultimately, we question humanity. One of the first things that come to mind is the American Government. Why do we have laws such as freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. America is a fairly young country that 's only been around for 240 years. So our laws had to of come from somewhere else in the world. For example: Equality Before the Law. This is also known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, or legal equality. This princliple states that all people are subject to the same laws and punishments (in court they call this due process). When law is brought up naturally in a situation, equality presence itself as well. If we look at actual history we can see traces of Equality Before the Law recorded in Thucydides 's History of the Peloponnesian War in 431 BCE. This discusses the commendment of equality among free male citizens in the Athenian Democracy.

If we look to the laws, they afford equal

This happened to be more common in antiquity. Even with the recent ending reign of the Roman monarchy, and the upbringing of the Roman Republic. Cinncinatus ' son, Caeso, made gangs to chase away plebians from the forum to keep laws from being created that approved of equality. During this time, there was a thing called the Conflict of the Orders that needed both the Plebians and the Patricians ' depended as laborors and soldiers. With the help of the Conflict ofthe Orders the Twelve Tables came into existence. Because of this all citizens (excluding the emporer) were now equal under Roman law. This, however, unfortunetely didn 't last and did spread to other parts of the political world. Later, aristocracy and nobility made the system unequal that last the rest of the