Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eye For An Eye, Twelve Tables, Ten Commandments
17 Feb 2020
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One of the first known bodies of law. Emphasized retribution your actions have reciprocal consequences: lex talionis, severity of punishment = class standing. Focused on issues of theft, property ownership, sexual relationships and interpersonal violence. Law presented by moses from god through the form of the ten commandments. Basic rules regulating family, religion, and economic life. Unwritten legal precedents supported by court decisions. Crimes as personal wrongs compensation to victims. Recognized crimes: treason, homocide, rape, property theft, assault, battery (punishment for treason is death) Eventually compensation split b/w family and the kind. Norman conquest: replaced local tribunals with royal administrators , use local custom and rules of conduct as guide in court, henry ii. Jury: current english system of law, prosecutors, witnesses. Before confederation there was no canadian law: used common law for criminal prosecutions. Canadian criminal code: quebec civil napoleonic code. Indictable and summary offences: criminal laws classified as:
