https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz en-us 2022-07-07 14:20:46 UTC 2022-07-07 14:48:01 UTC hello@padlet.com emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239010894 - Approximately 300 written. laws recorded by Hammurabi, the King of Babylon (modern-day Iraq).
- Patriarchal Society
- Slavery was legitimized and women and children were seen as personal property
- Punishments were given to the offender's servants or women relatives
- Perjury was first recognized]]> 2022-07-07 14:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239010894 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239013481 - The Ten Commandments first given in the Book of Exodus
- Follows similar principles as Code of Hammurabi
- Focuses on punishing deliberate acts only
- Persons of higher status were more likely to be punished
- Caring for the poor and respecting one's parents was a critical point]]> 2022-07-07 14:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239013481 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239016573 - Societal rules had to be recorded in an orderly manner so they could be revised as new laws became necessary
- The Twelve Tablets summarized the law of England during the Roman Occupation of that land -> forms much of modern-day Western law
- Promoted public prosecution of crimes, compensation for victims, and protected the lower classes (plebeians) from the upper classes (patricians)]]> 2022-07-07 14:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239016573 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239018113 Introduced Representative Democracy: voters elect leaders to govern on their behalf
- Only male Athenian citizens were allowed political participation to vote for local elections, and perform jury duty]]> 2022-07-07 14:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239018113 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239018944 Law encouraged the use of expert advisers (lawyers) to assist those engaged in complex legal matters before the court]]> 2022-07-07 14:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239018944 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239020540 King John, son of King Henry II signed the Magna Carta which was the written representation of preventing the monarchy from exploiting power, and placing limits on royal authority by establishing law as power itself.]]> 2022-07-07 14:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239020540 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239022160 - Six Aboriginal nations formed the Iroquois Confederacy (AKA the Six Nations)
- The Great Binding Law, the codified constitution of this confederacy, outlined the fundamental rights and responsibilities of the citizenry ]]> 2022-07-07 14:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239022160 emmajohannamaanssonjairam24 https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239024342 After the French Revolution ended, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France, commissioned a new code of written laws known as the French Civil Code to govern his nation and those he conquered.
- Became popular because it was easily understood
- Regulated civil matters (i.e. property, wills, contracts and family disputes)]]> 2022-07-07 14:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmajohannamaanssonjairam24/s6i9pssph7kv6hcz/wish/2239024342