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lexi asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 1 decade ago

Describe Roman law and how it is similar to our American law code?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    * ius civile, ius gentium, and ius naturale - the ius civile ("citizen law", originally ius civile Quiritium) was the body of common laws that applied to Roman citizens and the Praetores Urbani, the individuals who had jurisdiction over cases involving citizens. The ius gentium ("law of peoples") was the body of common laws that applied to foreigners, and their dealings with Roman citizens. The Praetores Peregrini were the individuals who had jurisdiction over cases involving citizens and foreigners. Ius naturale was a concept the jurists developed to explain why all people seemed to obey some laws. Their answer was that a "natural law" instilled in all beings a common sense.

    * ius scriptum and ius non scriptum - the terms ius scriptum and ius non scriptum literally mean written and unwritten law, respectively. In practice, the two differed by the means of their creation and not necessarily whether or not they were written down. The ius scriptum was the body of statute laws made by the legislature. The laws were known as leges (lit. "laws") and plebiscita (lit. "plebiscites," originating in the Plebeian Council). Roman lawyers would also include in the ius scriptum the edicts of magistrates (magistratuum edicta), the advice of the Senate (Senatus consulta), the responses and thoughts of jurists (responsa prudentium), and the proclamations and beliefs of the emperor (principum placita). Ius non scriptum was the body of common laws that arose from customary practice and had become binding over time.

    * ius commune and ius singulare - Ius singulare (singular law) is special law for certain groups of people, things, or legal relations (because of which it is an exception from the general principles of the legal system), unlike general, ordinary, law (ius commune). An example of this is the law about wills written by people in the military during a campaign, which are exempt of the solemnities generally required for citizens when writing wills in normal circumstances.

    * ius publicum and ius privatum - ius publicum means public law and ius privatum means private law, where public law is to protect the interests of the Roman state while private law should protect individuals. In the Roman law ius privatum included personal, property, civil and criminal law; judicial proceeding was private process (iudicium privatum); and crimes were private (except the most severe ones that were prosecuted by the state). Public law will only include some areas of private law close to the end of the Roman state. Ius publicum was also used to describe obligatory legal regulations (today called ius cogens—this term is applied in modern international law to indicate peremptory norms that cannot be derogated from) These are regulations that cannot be changed or excluded by party agreement. Those regulations that can be changed are called today ius dispositivum, and they are used when party shares something and are not in opposition.

    Similarly American laws are differentiated according to State and Federal agencies. To some extent even more specific laws attributed to counties and cities. Local law enforcement abides to all laws governing all levels of government whether it be federal, state, country or city.

  • 4 years ago

    fairly British subject-unfastened regulation does not predate Christianity. It became created by skill of King Henry the 2nd(a Christian) in 1154. I only had to show that out seeing as a results of fact the "in a century earlier Christianity" answer is amazingly innacurate. It became presented no longer long after the dark a while. Sorry i don't have a perfect answer, yet that answer possibly sounded to me the comparable way it does whilst, somebody claims your founding fathers have been all Christian". Innacurate sufficient. i'm somewhat conscious that British subject-unfastened regulation, became by and massive stimulated Greco-Roman regulation.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Its taxation and tributation

    salt means tax

    its a coded law so you wont gain knowledge of it and

    the elite control all avenues

    totally unfair and needs to fall big time.

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