CHAPTER 1 Laws and Their Ethical Foundation

CHAPTER 1

Laws and Their Ethical Foundation

1-1 Laws and Legal Systems 1-2 Types of Laws 1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws

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GOALS

Explain the stages in the growth of law Describe the differences between common law

and positive law Identify the origin of the U.S. legal system

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WHAT IS LAW?

Stages in the growth of law

Revenge Force people to accept award instead Power is given to system of courts Courts act to prevent and punish wrongs instead of revenge

Common law versus positive law

Common law is based on current standards or customs of people Positive law is set down by a sovereign or other to prevent

disputes and wrongs from occurring.

Hammurabi Law

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King Hammurabi's Laws

If a man has accused another of laying a nertu [death spell?] upon him, but has not proved it, he shall be put to death.

If he has borne false witness in a civil law case, he shall pay the damages in that suit.

If a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death.

If a man has broken into a house he shall be killed before the breach and buried there.

If a man has committed highway robbery and has been caught, that man shall be put to death.

If a man has taken a wife and has not executed a marriage contract, that woman is not a wife.

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Laws continued.......

If a man has committed incest with his daughter, that man shall be banished from the city.

If a man, after his father's death, has lain in the bosom of his mother, they shall both of them be burnt together.

If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off.

If a builder has built a house for a man, and has not made his work sound, and the house he built has fallen, and caused the death of its owner, that builder shall be put to death.

If a man has let his boat to a boatman, and the boatman has been careless and the boat has been sunk or lost, the boatman shall restore a boat to the owner.

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