Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eye For An Eye, Twelve Tables, Private Law
25 Dec 2019
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Lecture 3 - history of criminal law in canada. Agenda: origins of common law, classification & functions of criminal law, break, legal definition of crime, actus, reus, mens rea, criminal defences, charter of rights and freedoms. Origins of law: mores, folkways, the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community, the traditional behaviour or way of life of a particular community or group of people. The code of hammurabi: one of the first known bodies of law, emphasis on retribution. Lex talionis: severity of punishment, focused on issues of theft, property ownership, sexual relationships and interpersonal violence. Mosaic code: 1200 bc, law presented by moses, from god, foundation of judeo-christian moral teachings, basis for present-day legal system. Early roman law: derived from twelve tables (451 bc), basic rules regulating family, religion, and economic life, based on common and fair practices, the justinian code, public law, private law. Dark ages: early formal legal codes lose, demonic era.
