1. THE LAW GAME Is it a law today?

2. 1. NO  Ancient Mesopotamia: Hammurabi’s Code (1700 BCE)

3. 2. YES  New Britain, CT: Law still on record today

4. 3. YES  Mexico City, Mexico: Law passes in 1895 after a man whistled hello at a cyclist and then the cyclist lost control of his bike, and was killed after being struck by a horse.

5. 4. NO  United States: Federal law passed in 1882, limited Chinese immigration on the west coast, was repealed in 1943.

6. 5. NO  Ancient Roman Law, 450 BCE

7. 6. NO  Cambodia: Current Cambodian Law, enacted because government thought use of water guns might incite a riot.

8. 7. NO  Ancient Mesopotamia: Hammurabi’s Code

9. 8. YES  United States: 26 th Amendment, passed 1971

10. 9. NO  Ancient Roman Law

11. 10. YES  Connecticut Law, Current

12. 11. YES  United States: 2 nd Amendment, 1791

13. 12. NO  Ancient Mesopotamia: Hammurabi’s Code

14. 13. YES  New Haven, CT: Current law, established in 1700s, but no longer followed

15. 14. NO  Ancient Mesopotamia: Hammurabi’s Code

16. 15. YES  United States, Federal law passed in 2002

17. 16. YES  Hartford, CT: current law

18. 17. NO  United States: 18 th Amendment passed in 1919, repealed by the 21 st Amendment in 1933

19. 18. YES  Ancient Greece: 1000 BCE

20. 19. YES  Kansas, current law

21. 20. NO  Ancient Roman Law

22. 21. YES  United States: 4 th Amendment, 1791

23. 22. NO  Ancient Egypt

24. 23. YES AND NO  United States: 14 th Amendment, 1868  Ancient Egypt: 2000 BCE, only included “citizens”, not those considered to be slaves

25. 24. NO  Ancient Mesopotamia: Hammurabi’s Code

26. 25. YES  United States: 15 th Amendment, 1870