Legal Systems Very Different 。The Idea All societies face about the same problems They solve them in an interesting variety of different ways And they are all grownups So try to make sense of how each legal system worked 。Some of the systems Imperial China:2000 years Periclean Athens:The Legal System of a Mad Economist Saga Period Iceland:Kill someone,his relatives sue you Islamic Law:Separation of law and state Jewish law:When God is the legislator,what if He gets it wrong? 18th Century England:Our legal system without police or public prosecutors Romani:The rest of the human race as environment,not people Amish:Anarchists.Very rule centered anarchists. Pirate ships as democracies In defense of prison gangsLegal Systems Very Different • The Idea • All societies face about the same problems • They solve them in an interesting variety of different ways • And they are all grownups • So try to make sense of how each legal system worked • Some of the systems • Imperial China: 2000 years • Periclean Athens: The Legal System of a Mad Economist • Saga Period Iceland: Kill someone, his relatives sue you • Islamic Law: Separation of law and state • Jewish law: When God is the legislator, what if He gets it wrong? • 18th Century England: Our legal system without police or public prosecutors • Romani: The rest of the human race as environment, not people • Amish: Anarchists. Very rule centered anarchists. • Pirate ships as democracies • In defense of prison gangs