UNIT 4 Read the introductory paragraph Customary law and the first codifications p 25 26 Con n ect key terms and notes and produce sentences CUSTOMS WRITTEN CODES PUNISHMENT DEFENCES ID: 704902
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THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAW
UNIT 4Slide2
Read the introductory paragraph Customary law and the first codifications
, p. 25 - 26
Con
n
ect
key terms and notes and produce sentences.
CUSTOMS
WRITTEN CODES
PUNISHMENT
DEFENCES
LAW MAKING
Arguments/evidence explaining the position of the defend
a
nt
Hammurabi – Babylonian Empire – one of the earliest examples of a ruler proclaiming laws
Solon
– Athens – the authority to legislate
Rules in the law regulating sanctions
No written laws – problems of lasting applicationSlide3
The Roman law
in Europe
after
c. 1088 AD, p. 26 - 27
Explain
the
role
of
the
Roman
law
at
European
universities
.
What
was
the
position
of
the
canon
law
at
European
universities
?
What
was
the
task
of
glossators
/
commentators
?Slide4
Read the text p. 26 – 27 and complete the table.
Period of time
and its description
The relevant
d
ocument
and its elements
Involved
persons,
k
ey
change in the development
Involved
geographical area
c. 450 BC, period of the classical Roman law
The
Law of the Twelve
Tables
(Roman customs + elements of Greek law
/
Ancient Rome
1st
Century BC – 3rd century AD
So-called classical jurists
/
Gaius,
Ulpian
Writing of jurist
more sophisticated law
Rome
The
fall
of
the
Western
Roman Empire
The
Byzantine
EmpireSlide5
National codifications, p. 27Supply the features of the given examples of national codes.
The Napoleonic Code of 1804
- clear
for an average citizen
-
-
German example – BGB, 1900
not for a layperson
-
-
THE CONTEXT for the development of these codes:
Nation states and their own
natinal
codes
Codification of Justinian was replaced by several codesSlide6
Common law of England
Complete the notes based on the text, p. 27
-
common law opposed to local _______ laws
strong centralized monarchy contributed to the early introduction of ___________ law
12th century bigger role of royal courts than _____ and ________ courts
Roman law had a small influence because common law base on ________ created by courts was already well ______ from 1400 onwards
c
odes and university-trained ________ less important for common law
common law jurisdictions are present in England, the US, __________________________________________Slide7
Vocabulary work – translate the phrases
application of law
to proclaim law
to inflict
puni
s
hment
the authority to legislate
a code of laws
development of Roman lawcodification of laws
civil law ≠ canon/church lawlaw syllabusto study/interpret lawto comply with the law legal language
to have / extend jurisdiction
to be based on precedents
to rely on codes
common law jurisdictionsSlide8
Part II – Historical English legal documents
I
. Study the meaning of the expression
rule of the law …
based on the passage of the text from a
pettition
in exercise II, p. 29
II. Analyse the
rights
and prohibitions from the Bill of Rights (1689) and decide which of them are still relevant. You are expectied to explain some examples.