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The earliest form of written law that we have. Hammurabi's Code was a set of laws enacted by the Babylonian King Hammurabi (reign 1792-1750 B.C). It is a collection of laws that told Babylonian how to behave in Babylon. Before the code kings would treat others anyway they wanted with no consequences. Eye for an eye.
The Prescribed Punishments (If you do x then y is your punishment) impacted our current legal system -
Emperor Justinian realized that the old Roman laws that came before him were an absolute mess. His goal was to organize them and make them accessible to all. Justinian chose ten men to review 1600 books full of Roman Law (Twelve Tables) and create a simpler legal code. They were able to create the Justinian Code with just over 4,000 laws. The Justinian Code was used as the foundation for many European countries legal system Was established by jurists. Established the law as an area of expertise -
King established a team of judges that would roam the country settling cases.They would rely on previous laws and decisions (PRECEDENT) to help them make decisions, this was called case law.Case law is used in common law.Judges’ decisions could be appealed to the monarch. Common law was implemented in the Americas when colonization began.Canada's legal system is based on a combination of common law and civil law. The common law is law that is not written down as legislation.
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Kings use to run wild – were not subject to the law
Magna Carta (1215) introduced the Rule of Law in England
Magna Carta said EVERYONE had to follow the law, and that the king couldn’t abuse his subjects or remove their rights
It also introduced the idea of habeas corpus, which entitled people accused of a crime a trial in a reasonable amount of time. Magna Carta forbade illegal imprisonment, and required a fair justice system that followed the due process of law -
According to the RCAP, contact between settlers and indigenous communities went through several steps:1)Mutual Curiosity,2)Trade and exchange,3)friendship,intermarriage,creating bonds,4)military and trade alliances.Presented as part of a narrative noting laws and ceremonies to be performed at prescribed times.first recorded and transmitted not in written language, but by means of wampum symbols that conveyed meaning. In a later era it was translated into English and various other accounts exist. -
The Napoleonic code “gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights.” During the French expansion, Britain and French law systems were conflicting and two forms of law started to emerge. Civil law possessed no jury. By creating a standard code for all, it put an end to how laws varied
