The Roman Law by Emily Minich https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb Emily Minich en-us 2020-06-10 16:17:08 UTC 2020-06-10 16:57:15 UTC hello@padlet.com my questions emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621038277 1. Are roman laws in use today in Canada?if so, which ones are?  
2. Did their laws leave a mark on our world?
3. Were there exceptions or a code for punishment.]]> 2020-06-10 16:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621038277 question 1 emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621052946 some roman laws are still used today and  similar to the 12 tables,for example 
  • some of the ways you become a citizen are the same- (if you are born in the country you are a citizen, and so on)
  • One of the roman laws are that you are innocent until proven guilty, this law/rule is in use in most of the world.
  •  Everyone is treated equally under the law 
  • There is also a law for giving false witness- if you give false witness you could be punished
]]> 2020-06-10 16:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621052946 question 2 emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621073580 They did affect the world  
  • the 12 tables are the base of the American law system 
  • the 12 tables are tied into the idea of the civil law. 
  • Some countries including South Africa and San Marino still base their current legal system on the civil law.  
  • law school students around the world are still required to study the Twelve Tables and other parts of Roman Law- this is to better understand the current legal system.
]]> 2020-06-10 16:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621073580 question 3 emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621082457 There was a code
  • Punishment was decided by two factors:  
The social status of the condemned person and how bad the crime is.  
The punishment also depended on if the crime committed was in public or private.
usually public offenses were punishable by torture or death.  
Private offenses could usually be settled by a fee or forfeiting of your land.
Public punishment was used as a way to educate the citizens.  
  • As for slaves usually their owner chose their punishment. 
]]> 2020-06-10 16:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621082457 the 12 tables emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621093734 2020-06-10 16:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621093734 sources emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621098367 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tables 
 
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/learn-about-canada/laws.html 
 
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/12tables.html 
 
https://sites.google.com/site/ancientromanlawandpunishment/ 
]]> 2020-06-10 16:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621098367 emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621101752
  • The 12 Tables contained all kinds of laws such as:
    • -court laws  
    -debt laws 
    -children laws 
    -land laws 
    -vandalism laws 
    -traitors’ laws 
    -marriage laws 
    -funeral laws 
    ]]>     2020-06-10 16:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621101752     punishment emily06m https://padlet.com/emily06m/zy4h7trkbpgukdhb/wish/621104871 Some punishments were drowning in a sack, beheading (cutting the head off), exile, a fine, torture, flogging (whipping)imprisonment, being thrown to gladiators or wild animals as entertainment, crucifixion (the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beam and left to hang), or even death. 

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