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  2. Twelve Tables - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] Meanwhile Roman historians Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus provided the most detailed accounts of the creation of the laws. [11] In addition, different versions of the story are known from the works of Diodorus Siculus and Sextus Pomponius. [12] Publication of the Twelve Tables in Rome, approx. 2 BC.

  3. Mos maiorum - Wikipedia

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    The Roman family was one of the ways that the mos maiorum was passed along through the generations.. The mos maiorum (Classical Latin: [ˈmoːs majˈjoːrʊ̃]; "ancestral custom" [1] or "way of the ancestors"; pl.: mores, cf. English "mores"; maiorum is the genitive plural of "greater" or "elder") is the unwritten code from which the ancient Romans derived their social norms.

  4. Code of Justinian - Wikipedia

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    The Codex consists of twelve books: book 1 concerns ecclesiastical law, sources of law, and the duties of higher offices; books 2–8 cover private law; book 9 deals with crimes; and books 10–12 contain administrative law. The Code's structure is based on ancient classifications set out in the edictum perpetuum (perpetual edict), as is that ...

  5. List of ancient legal codes - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC) Code of Urukagina (2380–2360 BC) Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC). Copies with slight variations found in Nippur, Sippar and Ur; Laws of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) [2] Code of Lipit-Ishtar (c. 1870 BC) [3 ...

  6. Roman law - Wikipedia

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    Roman law as preserved in the codes of Justinian and in the Basilica remained the basis of legal practice in Greece and in the courts of the Eastern Orthodox Church even after the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the conquest by the Turks, and, along with the Syro-Roman law book, also formed the basis for much of the Fetha Negest, which ...

  7. List of Roman laws - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Category:Ethics books - Wikipedia

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    Books about ethics, a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior". Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

  9. Institutes (Justinian) - Wikipedia

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    The Institutes of Justinian is arranged much like Gaius's work, being divided into three subjects in four books covering "persons," "things,", and "actions." The first book considers the legal status of persons (personae), the second and third deal with things (res), while the fourth discusses Roman civil procedure (actiones).