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Code of Hammurabi Rome’s Twelve Tables Code of Justinian English common Law Civil Law Criminal Law Constitutional Law Military law Provides security by imposing fines or jail time for those who break the law Based on “precedents” of previous court cases to help determine current decisions One of the earliest known legal systems and known for its famous law: “an eye for an eye.” An entirely different system of law where people can be “court-martialed” for offenses like A.W.O.L. Provided a system of law printed on tablets for the people to see in which all were equal under the law Settles disputes between individuals known as lawsuits for damages that have been done Created around 500 A.D. this collection of laws continued to influence legal systems Settles disputes between individuals and the government, unusually over rights or the power of the government

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