History of Law
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Updated: 10 Feb 2021
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Created byCharlene Hatcher
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1700s BCE: King Hammurabi of Babylon creates one of the earliest-known legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi.1300s BCE: Biblical laws or Mosaic laws are given to the Hebrew people.450 BCE: The Twelve Tables, an early codification of Roman law, are written.400s BCE: The jury system is introduced in ancient Greece.100 CE: Roman law spreads throughout most of Europe. Law develops as a profession.Justinian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire and codifies Roman law1066 BCE: William the Conqueror becomes king of England after the Battle of Hastings and establishes feudal law1100s: Henry II of England reforms law and establishes the jury system.1215: King John signs the Magna Carta, which establishes the rule of law1450: the Great Binding Law is established by the Iroquois Confederacy1804: The Napoleonic Code goes into effect in France
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