Rule of Law Timeline

By mic_norville97
  • 530

    Justinian Codes

    Was the collection of Roman Law into a single volume by Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium. There wasn't a specific day.
  • Oct 4, 622

    Draconian Laws

    A code of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver of Athens, that, by modern standards, are considered exceedingly severe. It was created during the 39th Omlypiad.
  • Oct 4, 1215

    Magna Carta

    No specific day. Magna Carta is a charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons at Runnymede in 1215
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Ten Commandments

    Also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship

  • House of Burgesses

    On July 30, 1619 is when the first meeting was held.

  • Mayflower Compact

    No specific day.

  • England’s “Petition of Rights”

    Enland's "Petition of Rights" is a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure.

  • Maryland Toleration Act

  • John Lockes’ “Two Treatise of Government”

    I couldn't find the exact day.

  • Montesquieu’s “Spirit of the Law”

    No specific day. Published in English 1756.

  • Rousseau’s “Social Contract “ Treatise

    no specific date

  • Codes of Hammurabi

    Is a well-preserved Babylonian law code. There was not a specific date.

  • Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  • Virginia Declaration of Right

  • Declaration of Independence

  • English Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights is an act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown known as the English Bill of Rights

  • The U. S. Constitution

  • DeToqueville’ Democracy in America

    no specific date. fir st volume published in 1835 and second volume published in 1840

  • Pledge of Allegiance

    Im sure if the year is right.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Trial by Other/ Trial by Ordeal (no date)

    Is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused is determined by subjecting him to an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.