The rise and fall of communal liability in ancient law

Francesco Parisi; Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

doi:10.1016/j.irle.2005.01.006

The rise and fall of communal liability in ancient law

Francesco Parisi, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

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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 (US)
Pages (from-to)	489-505
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Review of Law and Economics
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2005.01.006
State	Published - Dec 2004

Keywords

Ancient law
Communal liability
Group liability
Primitive society
Tort

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