Gates of Cities: Courts of Justice Held At

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

…for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.