1. Twelve Tables

2. An excerpt: Unless they make a settlement, debtors shall be held in bonds for sixty days. During that time they shall be brought before the court in the meeting place on three successive market days, and the amount for which they are judged liable shall be announced; on the third market day they shall suffer capital punishment or be delivered up for sale abroad, across the Tiber. If any person has sung or composed against another person a song such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death. If a person has maimed anothers limb, let there be retaliation in kind unless he makes agreement for settlement with him. The penalty shall be capital punishment for a judge or arbiter legally appointed who has been found guilty of receiving a bribe for giving a decision.

3. According to the laws, how might a Roman become a slave? Unless they make a settlement, debtors shall be held in bonds for sixty days. During that time they shall be brought before the court in the meeting place on three successive market days, and the amount for which they are judged liable shall be announced; on the third market day they shall suffer capital punishment or be delivered up for sale abroad, across the Tiber. If any person has sung or composed against another person a song such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death. If a person has maimed anothers limb, let there be retaliation in kind unless he makes agreement for settlement with him. The penalty shall be capital punishment for a judge or arbiter legally appointed who has been found guilty of receiving a bribe for giving a decision.

4. How did the laws try to prevent bribery of judges? Unless they make a settlement, debtors shall be held in bonds for sixty days. During that time they shall be brought before the court in the meeting place on three successive market days, and the amount for which they are judged liable shall be announced; on the third market day they shall suffer capital punishment or be delivered up for sale abroad, across the Tiber. If any person has sung or composed against another person a song such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death. If a person has maimed anothers limb, let there be retaliation in kind unless he makes agreement for settlement with him. The penalty shall be capital punishment for a judge or arbiter legally appointed who has been found guilty of receiving a bribe for giving a decision.

5. How is the Roman law code similar to Hammurabis code? Unless they make a settlement, debtors shall be held in bonds for sixty days. During that time they shall be brought before the court in the meeting place on three successive market days, and the amount for which they are judged liable shall be announced; on the third market day they shall suffer capital punishment or be delivered up for sale abroad, across the Tiber. If any person has sung or composed against another person a song such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death. If a person has maimed anothers limb, let there be retaliation in kind unless he makes agreement for settlement with him. The penalty shall be capital punishment for a judge or arbiter legally appointed who has been found guilty of receiving a bribe for giving a decision.

6. Twelve Tables Comparison Directions: Answer the following questions by comparing the Twelve Tables to the U.S. Bill of Rights.

7. Table IV. 1. A dreadfully deformed child shall be quickly killed. 2. If a father sell his son three times, the son shall be free from his father. Amendment VIII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments.. 1. How have individual rights evolved from Roman times to the United States today? Use the ACE method to answer the question. A = Assertion C = Concrete details E = Explanation and insight

8. Table V. 1. Females should remain in guardianship even when they have attained their majority. Amendment XIX The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. 2. Which society values women more? Use the ACE method to answer the question.

9. Table XI. 1. Marriages should not take place between plebeians and patricians. Amendment XIV Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 3. How have laws that discourage discrimination evolved? Use the ACE method to answer the question.