Marcus tullius cicero

12 Milestones in Legal History

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 700

    Antiquity

  • 1754 BCE

    The Code of Hammurabi

    The Code of Hammurabi
  • 100 BCE

    Emergence of the Legal Profession in Rome

    Emergence of the Legal Profession in Rome
  • 529

    The Corpus Juris Civilis

    The Corpus Juris Civilis
  • Period: 1453 to

    Modern Period

  • Period: to

    The Age of Enlightenment

  • Locke & Two Treatises of Government

    Locke & Two Treatises of Government
  • Modern Statutory Law

    Modern Statutory Law
  • Montesquieu & The Spirit of the Law

    Montesquieu & The Spirit of the Law
  • The U.S. Constitution

    The U.S. Constitution
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • First Police Crime Lab Established

    First Police Crime Lab Established
  • The Nuremberg Principles

    The Nuremberg Principles
  • Period: to

    Contemporary History

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
  • Miranda v. Arizona

    Miranda v. Arizona