LAWS OF SOLON • Solon was appointed archon and was

given legislative powers

• Solon repealed all the laws of the Code of Drakon, except the law on homicide
• Solon was one of the first to see that a lawgiver had to make laws that applied
rape, sexual intercourse with animals, defiance
of the authority and sorcery were all punishable
by death.
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capital punishment was used for many
offenses, except for homicide or
robbery
the law of homicide provided for the
restitution to the victim’s heirs
law enforcement and judicial functions
were placed in the hands of
commanders of military garrisons
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equally to all citizens and also saw that the law of punishment had to maintain proportionality to the crimes committed
Highlights of the Laws of Solon
• The thief was required to return stolen property and pay the victim a sum equal to twice its value
• for the crime of temple robbery, the penalty was death
• for rape of a woman, the penalty was a fine of certain amount
Rome and the Criminal Law (the Twelve Tables)
• Other codes, the Roman law has the longest influenced over many criminal laws, it begins with the Twelve Tables,
prepared in 451-450 B.C.
• Presentation of the earliest Roman Codified laws, until it is largely
CODE finished in 529 and was revised in the next four (4) decades. Most of the English common law and Western
World legal codes were said to have been derived from it.
• Roman law began with the Twelve Tables which were written in the middle of the sixth century BC
• The Twelve Tables were the foundation of all laws in Rome and written in tables of bronze
• The Twelve Tables were drafted by the DECEMVIRS, a body of men composed of patricians. Highlights of the
Twelve Tables
• if a man beak another’s limb and does not compensate the injury, he shall be liable to retaliation
• a person who committed arson of a house or a stack of corn shall be burned alive
• judges who accepted bribes as well as those who bribed them were subject to execution
• any act of treason was punishable by crucifixion Justinian Code – Written by Emperor Justinian of Rome in 6th
Century A.D
THE TWELVE TABLES – (XII Tabulae) – represented the earliest codification of Roman law incorporated into the
Justinian Code.
BURGUNDIAN CODE – This code introduced the concept of restitution. But punishments were specified according to
the social class of offenders. Nobles
THE LEX SALICA
• The lex salica refers to the legal customs of the ancient Germanic tribes which invaded and defeated the Roman
Empire in the Middle Ages. When the Germanic tribes codified the lex salica, they set out a schedule of monetary
compensation for wrongdoings, called botes.
• Wergild or wergeld refers to the value of monetary compensation for human life, based on his status in life. THE
BLOODY CODE