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There's a very good overview of the Ancient Greek legal system here: https://acoup.blog/2023/04/07/collections-how-to-polis-101-part-iic-the-courts/ https://aco

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  For an academic-leaning book on contemporary thinking on it, see Ancient Greek Law in the 21st Century: * https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477315217/ https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477315217/ * Review: https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2018/2018.10.49/ https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2018/2018.10.49/ Did you know that one of the largest banks in Athens was owned / run by two slaves? > Edward E. Cohen returns to the issue of slave-owned businesses previously addressed in his work on Athenian banking, reasserting his view that enslaved business owners were liable for their own debts. Through comparison with the Roman system, he argues that the Athenian conventions of credit worked alongside this legal liability. IIRC, the slaves incorporated the bank, and then the bank (as a legal entity) paid the master of said slaves for the services of the slaves through a leasing arrangement.