POLI 320 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chthonic, Plebs, Talmud
2 Mar 2017
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Created in opposition to chthonic and talmudic legal system. Formalization of elements of the chthonic tradition in that territory. Roman state shaped law in consequence of roman society. 12 tablets: basic set of rules: lead to creation of legislation (policy crafting, adoption of laws/publication, and public participation) real origin of the law. Then decline and division in (west and byzantine) Disappearance of the roman empire in 533 ce: justinian code. Main aspect of civil law is codification of laws. Revival in 11th century to establish legitimacy against islamic system. (muslims in spain) With that came the new concept of national law: first national civil code under louis xiv. 1804: napoleonic code: first all-encompassing nation-wide law book of private and public law. Judge individual cases between nobles through guiding principles and normative legislation (12 tablets, legislation and benevolence: to judge a case from the pleb, needs to pass and be accepted by praetor (reshape/reformulate the grievance to the nobles)
