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1754 BCE
Hammurabi's code
Hammurabi's code was created in his reign from 1792 to 1750 but has been found on clay as late as 5th century BC, it is also a collection of 282 rules this 7 foot 5 inches tall statue was carved into 4 solid tons of Diorite and was one of the first complete written codes. it was said to have disappeared until re discovered in 1901, by trespassers. -
Period: 500 to
Time Span
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527
Justinian Code
the Justinian code is a collection of laws and legal interpretations, which came into use in 530 and was used until the fall of the empire in 1453. and it was not translated to English until the 20th century -
1066
Common law
common law, also known as judicial precedent or case law, they are also unwritten laws finalized by the court. today 1/3 of the worlds population lives in common law jurisdictions or systems mixed with civil law. common law was spread through the 17th and 18th century colonial period, it's practiced across Canada as well -
1215
Magna Carter
The Magna Carter is a charter of rights as well as a piece treaty signed by the kings himself king john of England on June 20th in 1215. it was pressed upon him by the barons and the lower class states that no one is above the law not even the king himself -
Great law of peace
the great law of peace is an agreement stating that "Six Nations," comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples are to treat equal to one another and the hunting grounds are to be shared amongst them. it was written on wampum belts and symbolized as a great white pine tree
