Key Ideas: History

Question 1

What were the 6 key ideas of Root of Law?

Answer 1

• The Code of Hammurabi
• Mosaic Law
• Greek Law
• Roman Law
• Justinian’s Code
• France and the Napoleonic Code

Question 2

What is one of the earliest known sets of written law?

Answer 2

The Code of Hammurabi

Question 3

Who was Hammurabi?

Answer 3

The King of Babylon

Question 4

What kind of society did Hammurabi’s code’s reflect?

Answer 4

A patriarchal (mal dominated) society

Question 5

What is retribution?

Answer 5

Justice based on vengeance and punishment, “an eye for an eye” kind of justice

Question 6

What is restitution?

Answer 6

Making payment to the victim of a crime

Question 7

What was Mosaic law also known as?

Answer 7

Biblical Law or Hebrew Law

Question 8

Who gave Moses the laws for Hebrew people to hold according to the Bible?

Answer 8

God

Question 9

What is the starting point of Mosaic Law?

Answer 9

The Ten Commandments

Question 10

Where can the Ten Commandments be found?

Answer 10

The first five books of the Old Testiment

Question 11

Were the poor cared about in Mosaic Law?

Answer 11

Yes, the poor were cared about

Question 12

Where was the first form of democracy born?

Answer 12

Greece

Question 13

Who was excluded from Athenian citizenship?

Answer 13

Women, children, aliens and slaves

Question 14

How far back can the jury system be traced?

Answer 14

In around 400 BCE

Question 15

What were the two main principles of Roman law?

Answer 15

• The law must be recorded
• Justice could not be left to judges alone

Question 16

What does codified mean?

Answer 16

Set out in an orderly written arrangement

Question 17

Which historical root of law inspired the modern concept of justice?

Answer 17

Justinian’s Code

Question 18

Justinian’s Code formed the basis of ____ Law

Answer 18

Civil

Question 19

What kind of Law had the most influence on Canada?

Answer 19

Early British/British Law