Origins of Law Vocab 1.1

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  1. 1. set rules and the Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  2. 4. The earliest and most important legislation of Roman Law, enacted during the struggle for political equality. It represented an effort to obtain a written and public code that could not be alter at will.
  3. 7. the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
  4. 11. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
  5. 12. legal system based on custom and court rulings - applied to all of England
  6. 14. Equal treatment under the law. 2) Innocence until proven guilty. 3) Burden of proof is on the accuser rather than the accused. 4) Unfair laws can be disregarded.
  7. 15. The body of Roman law collected by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian around A.D. 534.
  8. 17. Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life
  9. 18. A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.
  10. 19. A moral code created by Ashoka of the Muaryan dynasty in India related to public welfare and foster just government
  11. 20. A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
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  1. 2. an ancient manuscript text in book form.
  2. 3. A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society.
  3. 5. A early example of equality under the law. United people of Roman and Gothic decent under the same law code.
  4. 6. The tabulation of administrative regulations in the Ottoman Empire that supplemented the Sharīʿah (Islamic law)
  5. 8. In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties
  6. 9. an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority
  7. 10. democratic reformer who outlawed slavery based on debt and canceled the farmers debt. He created four classes of citizenship based on wealth and a council of four hundred.
  8. 13. A set of laws from ancient Athens replacing oral law A very strict law code with severe punishment if broken.
  9. 16. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)