CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Code Of Hammurabi, Criminal Law Of Canada, Eye For An Eye
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Chapter 2: the criminal law and its process. Learning objectives: understand the sources of the criminal law, be familiar with different functions of the law, know the elements of what constitutes a defence, discuss the legal rights of the individual, explain different cases and their significance. Developed in sumer about 2000 bce (part of present-day iraq) Adopted by hammurabi (babylonian king, 1792-1750) and called the code of. Punishment consisted of physical retaliation called lex talionis ( an eye for an eye": severity was partly based on the status of offender. Basis of judeo-christian moral teachings and western legal systems. Many of its prohibitions still exist (e. g. murder, adultery etc. ) Developed by a special commission of 10 men to deal with concerns of the lower classes about arbitrary treatment by the wealthy: to restrain how the rich treated the poor at the time of the roman period. Followed the fall of rome in which many early codes were lost.
