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  2. File:The code of Hammurabi.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Size of this JPG preview of this PDF file: 354 × 599 pixels. ... English: The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C.: ...

  3. List of ancient legal codes - Wikipedia

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    Babylonian law. Code of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BC in middle chronology) Hittite laws, also known as the 'Code of the Nesilim' (developed c. 1650–1500 BC, in effect until c. 1100 BC) Assyrian law, also known as the Middle Assyrian Laws (MAL) or the Code of the Assyrians/Assura (developed c. 1450–1250 BC, oldest extant copy c. 1075 BC) [4]

  4. Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    Laws 196 and 200 respectively prescribe an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth when one man destroys another's. Punishments determined by lex talionis could be transferred to the sons of the wrongdoer. [123] For example, law 229 states that the death of a homeowner in a house collapse necessitates the death of the house's builder.

  5. Babylonian law - Wikipedia

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    Babylonian law is a subset of cuneiform law that has received particular study due to the large amount of archaeological material that has been found for it. So-called "contracts" exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal decisions given by the judges in the law courts.

  6. Code of Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    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."

  7. Cuneiform law - Wikipedia

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    c. 1800 BC – Laws of the city of Eshnunna (sometimes ascribed to king Bilalama) Babylonian law. c. 1758 BC – Code of Hammurabi – The most famous and also most preserved of the ancient laws. Discovered in December 1901, it contains over 282 paragraphs of text, not including the prologue and epilogue. c. 1500-1300 BC – Assyrian law

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  9. Codification (law) - Wikipedia

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    Law of the Republic of Ireland evolved from English law, the greatest point of difference being the existence of the Constitution of Ireland as a single document. The unofficial "popular edition" of the Constitution is regularly updated to take account of amendments to it , while the official text enrolled in the Supreme Court in 1938 has been ...