Dēmos · Classical Athenian Democracy · a Stoa Publication
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S.C. Todd, selections by Michael de Brauw, edition of March 16, 2003
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anakrisis · A preliminary hearing before the public official within whose court a case will later be heard (for the role of the presiding official within a lawcourt, see sv. arkhon). Lit., “examination,” but it should not be equated with the inquisitorial instruction of civil-law systems: an Athenian public official had very restricted discretion; and unlike an arbitrator (see sv. diaitetes), his function was not to settle the case.
Greek: ἀνάκρισις.
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