How were laws made in Ancient Greece?

Question

Who enforced the laws in Ancient Greece?

Answer 1

Prior the classic years, in Greece as well as in other countries it was the king or the eldest of a group of people who used his personal judgement to resolve a conflict. Other than his personal judgement he was restricted to follow the oral rules (ethimic laws) of his people. The oral rules were a result of the experience gained throughout the years by people when every knowledge was delivered in the oral way. Let's say it was more than laws, the ''proper'' way a person should behave, a kind of ''savoir vivre'' (this is the ethimic law).
The first written laws were established in Athens by Dracon (621 a.c.) These laws according to the historical sources were very hard and they contained several ethimic laws but in the form of written laws now.
However Solon was the one who concluded the law system in Athens.
The way the laws were made in Ancient Greece during the classic years was a complicated procedure to explain here. What i can mention is that every Greek citizen (who had the wright to vote) could propose a law. The other citizens had the wright either to accept either to reject his proposal (within the limits of democracy).
My internet sources are in Greek but look for the following words which are related to your question:
Vouli,Arios Pagos,Vouleftirion, Nomothetes, Ekklisia tou dimou, Iliaia.
Should you wish to study further you may read the book :
D.M.MacDwell, ''the law in classic Athens'', Thames and Hudson Ltd. , london 1978
Good luck

Answer 2

Ancient Greece was made up of many city-states, all of which had DIFFERENT ways of making and enforcing laws. So you have to pick one.