LAWC

French civil code

1804 BCE

When France arrived in Canada, they brought a new language with them: French. This language grew among many citizens. Quebec, for example, is predominantly a French-speaking province. Because of the importance of this language in society, regulations had to be enacted to reflect the requirements of society. the French Already had set laws and they were reflected into Canadian law to help with the french speaking canadians.

Hammarabi and his code

1750 BCE

The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian law book that was written sometime between 1755 and 1750 BC.
It is the ancient Near East's longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal document.
It was allegedly written by Hammurabi, the sixth monarch of Babylon's First Dynasty..
There were 3 stages of people in this law priest, commoner and then slave where the priest was treated as an extension of god. Over 30 of his codes lead to a death penalty. His laws were based on punishment.

Great law of peace

1 CE

the great law of peace was originally oral before it became codified. this code was spread by oral history and through wampum's. wampum's could only be read by certain people. In the great law of peace the language barrier was an issue. it took trained people to understand the importance of the wampum. It served as a political constitution as well as a foundation for Haudenosaunee society as a whole. Hiawatha was given the Great Law by the prophet Peacemaker.

Justinian's Code

527

the Byzantine emperor Justinian I made the development of the Code of Justinian, a compilation of laws and legal interpretations. The works did not, strictly speaking, create a new legal code. his three portions of code was : the Digest , the Code, and the Institutes. The Digest was compiled by a group of sixteen academic attorneys who were tasked by Justinian in 533 with extracting all of the useful information from earlier Roman law. A collection of laws and interpretations was established.

Common law

1060

A corpus of unwritten rules based on legal precedents established by the courts is known as common law, sometimes known as case law. The judgments and interpretations of judicial authorities and public juries are incorporated into common law. The motivation for new legislation is occasionally found in common laws. judges will use old cases to come up with a decision if there isn't a clear law against what the person did.

Feudal system introduction

1066

In 1066 William, Duke of Normandy takes over England and establishes the Feudal system
The feudal system makes it so the king owns the land and then he divides it between lords, lords then divide the land between commoners. Vassals and hierarchy were a big deal. If a Vassal broke the law his lord would decide how to proceed. This meant things were disorganized and inconsistent. Sometimes, if cases were tough, they would be creative (e.g., Trial by ordeal)

The Magna Carta

1215

Magna Carta was the first document to set in writing the notion that the king and his government were not above the law. It was released in 1215. It attempted to prevent the king from abusing his power and imposed boundaries on royal authority by establishing law as a separate power. the British Parliament established the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta made it so a king couldn't revoke someone's rights or make them self's above the law. The magna Carta also introduced the habeas Corpus.