Law Beyond The Law

Written laws, a Scythian once told Solon, are like spiderwebs. They hold the small and the weak. The powerful tear straight through.Four stories about what people do when the law is too slow, too expensive, too distant — or when it simply refuses.A city that could exile a man without accusing him of anything. A village that owned no law books and enforced its rules with cooking pots. A country that priced divorce out of reach, and got a rope in the marketplace instead. And a plain outside Valencia where eight farmers still settle the water every Thursday at noon, and write nothing down.Four courts that were not courts.An episode of Risto's History Rhymes.#Justice #Custom #HistoryPodcast