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The code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written code. It was announced by the Babylonian
King Hammurabi. He was king from 1750-1792 B.C. The code was discovered in the ancient city of Susa by a French archaeologist while excavating in 1901. -
The Common law was a system of law that evolved from the decisions of the English royal courts of justice since the Norman Conquest. To this day the common law is considered more broadly to include statues as well as decisions. This applies to most of the English speaking countries including Canada expect Quebec. -
Shortly after Justinian became emperor in 527, he decided that the empire’s legal system needed repair. The project name or was known as the Corpus Juris Civils, or the Justinian code. It consisted of 4 books including Codex Iustinianus, the Digesta, the Institutiones, and the Novellae. Many of the laws were aimed at regulating religious practice -
The Great Law of Peace was a constitution that established a democracy between five first nation groups, the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk group. The great law of peace was thought to have been made shortly after the Iroquois Confederacy was formed and was recorded on wampum belts -
The Magna Carta was issued in June 1215. It was the first document to be put into writing that the principle was that, the King and his government was not above the law. The whole goal of the law was to prevent the King from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself.