Aristotle on Popular Juries and the Concept of Global Justice

Abstract

The article discusses Aristotle’s thought as regards the role of popular juries and the principles that assigned judicial power to citizens. It is precisely within the framework of this reflection that Aristotle recognises the founding principle behind making judgements. This is the need for the sentence to correspond to the thos of the constitution and therefore to that notion of «global justice», the same feeling found in a political community.

Keywords

• aristóteles
• jueces
• justicia
• ley
• epieíkeia
• politeía