QUIZ 2 Flashcards
Oldest known to man
Code OF Ur – Nammu
INSTITUTE FINES of monetary compensation for bodilydamage, as opposed to the later lex – talionis
Code OF Ur – Nammu
lex – taliones Means
eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth
It was the Roman law that has the most lasting and the MOST PREVAILING influence
American laws
Who wrote the Code of Hammurabi?
King Hammurabi of Babylon
What are the EARLY CODES:
Roman
Mohammedan or Arabic
Anglo-American laws
What is the OLDEST CODE prescribing savage punishmen
Code of Hammurabi
It is nearly one hundred years older
Sumerian codes
It is prescribing SAVAGE PUNISHMENT
Code of Hammurabi
What are the ROMAN AND GREEK CODES:
Justinian Code
The Twelve Tables
Greek Code of Draco
Solon’s Law
BURGUNDIAN CODE
This became tha STANDARD LAW IN ROMAN EMPIRE paricularly in Europe.
Justinian Code
Corpus Juris Civilis means
Body of civil law
Represented the EARLIEST CODIFICATION of Roman law incorporated into the Justinian code
The Twelve Tables
It is also a COLLECTION OF LEGAL PRINCIPLES engraved on metal tablets and set up on the forum
The Twelve Tables
A HARSH CODE that provides the same punishment for both citizens and the slaves as it incorporate primitive concepts
Greek Code of Draco
This law repealed Draco’s laws and ALLOWED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT only for a limited number of serious offenses
Solon’s Law
SPECIFIED PUNISHMENT according to the social class of offenders, dividing them into: nobles, middle class, and lower class
BURGUNDIAN CODE
BURGUNDIAN CODE also known as
Lex Gundobada/Gundobads code
It is the redress that the state takes against an offending member of society that usually halved PAIN AND SUFFERING
PUNISHMENT
It is also the penalty imposed on an offender for a CRIME OR WRONG DOING
PUNISHMENT
What are the JUSTIFICATION OF PUNISHMENT:
a.RETRIBUTION
b.EXPIATION OR ATONEMENT
c.DETERRENCE
d.INCAPACITATION AND PROTECTION
e.REFORMATION OR REHABILATATION
the punishment should be PROVIDED BY THE STATE whose sanction is violated, to afford the society or the individual the opportunity of imposing upon the offender suitable punishment as might be enforced
RETRIBUTION
Punishment in the form of GROUP VENGEANCE where the purpose is to appease the offended public or group.
EXPIATION OR ATONEMENT
Punishment GIVES LESSON TO OFFENDER by showing to others what would happen to them if they violate the law
DETERRENCE