Law Ed Vocab 1.1

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)

• Hammurabi

• Solon of Athens

• Confucius

• Ashoka

• A set of laws from ancient Athens replacing oral law

• A very strict law code with severe punishment if broken.

• Justinian Code

• Draconian law

• Sharia Law

• Law

• The body of Roman law collected by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian around A.D. 534

• Justinian Code

• Draconian law

• Sharia Law

• Law

• A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society.

• Justinian Code

• Draconian law

• Sharia Law

• Law

• Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life

• Justinian Code

• Draconian law

• Sharia Law

• Law

• set rules and the Great Law of Peace is the oral constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy.

• Justinian Code

• Draconian law

• Edicts of Ashoka

• The Iroqouis Constitution

• A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.

• Ten Commandments

• Draconian law

• Edicts of Ashoka

• The Iroqouis Constitution

• In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties

• Confucianism

• Dharma

• Karma

• Sansarma

• an ancient manuscript text in book form.

• Edict

• Commandment

• Codex

• Dharma

• 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 altered at will.

• Draconian Law

• The Twelve Tables

• Justinian Code

• Hammurabi's Code