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Hammurabi’s Code English Common Law Religion Law of Draco Justinian’s Code Napoleonic Code Magna Carta
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Babylonia 1760 B.C Consisted of harsh penalties People presumed innocent The First written set of laws “Eye for an Eye”
◦ What does that mean to you?◦ Do you agree with this?
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England Based on court decisions rather than on a
legal code Uses precedent (stare decisis)
◦ Legal opinions based on previous rulings Settlers brought these laws over when they
came to North America during the 1600s and 1700s
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Hebrew tradition, Around 1200 B.C. Ten Commandments
◦ Rules that everyone is supposed to follow in order to live a moral life
Moral rulesWhat are some morals we get from the Bible/10
Commandments?Separation of church and state?
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Athens, Greece 620 BC Very chaotic society, martial law was
needed Codified law in Athens Developed the idea of manslaughter/intent Marked with extreme cruelty as
punishments Punishment of deaths for most offenses
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Byzantine Empire 533 AD Took all the laws of the Roman Empire and
compiled them into a body of rules Simplified Roman Law A set punishment for each crime Influenced Napoleonic Code
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France 1800s Updated version of Justinian’s Code Better version, we used this as our example No mitigating circumstances Louisiana’s laws are still based on the
Napoleonic Code◦ Used in Louisiana; why?
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England 1215 AD Nobles forced King John to sign this
document Protected the nobles’ privileges and
authority Granted rights to landholders Where have we heard these before?
◦ Equal treatment under the law◦ No one would be above the law◦ Right to a jury trial◦ Due Process