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In India, the Edicts of Ashoka (269–236 BC) were followed by the Law of Manu (200 BC). In ancient China, the first comprehensive criminal code was the Tang Code, created in 624 AD in the Tang Dynasty. The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC)
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE . It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice."
Ancient church orders (11 P) B. Building codes (1 C, 30 P) C. ... Pages in category "Legal codes" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
The Code of Hammurabi is the longest and best-organised legal text from the ancient Near East, [74] as well as the best-preserved. [75] The classification below (columns 1–3) is Driver & Miles', [ 76 ] with several amendments, and Roth's translation is used. [ 77 ]
This is a partial list of Roman laws. A Roman law ( Latin : lex ) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of his gens name ( nomen gentilicum ), in the feminine form because the noun lex (plural leges ) is of feminine grammatical gender .
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettySeveral years ago, Ryan Baumann, a digital humanities developer at Duke University, was leafing through an early 20th-century collection ...
List of ancient legal codes; C. Celtic law; G. Germanic law; M. Mitra This page was last edited on 18 May 2024, at 21:18 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Code of Hammurabi references the deity Shamash and provided a comprehensive legal code for Babylon, influenced by the needs and structures of ancient Mesopotamia.