| United States today is looked at as a law full of | | | | relevant for modern legal laws. Dating back to |
| law suits. The famous case of McDonalds getting | | | | 1280BC, it takes the form of moral imperatives |
| sued for not writing a warning for hot coffee | | | | to make a better society. |
| being hot is still talked amongst people all over the | | | | In Asia, Ancient India and China represent distinct |
| world today. People make jokes at every | | | | traditions of law. They even had independent |
| situation that might be possibly end up being a | | | | schools for legal theory and practice. The Indian |
| lawsuit. With all these fact, it might even seem | | | | law was not exactly a law, but a way to rule and |
| like the United States is the heart and home of | | | | govern with the philosophy that went with |
| the laws and rights. But where did laws originate | | | | tolerance and Pluralism, and was eventually cited |
| from? Who first said you cannot steel from | | | | across Southeast Asia. The Indian law, with Hindu |
| others without consequences? | | | | tradition along with Islamic law, was affected by |
| The development of law is closely related to | | | | the common law when India became part of the |
| development of human civilization. Civil codes are | | | | British Empire. Along with India, Malaysia, Brunei, |
| written when a steady civilization is created. The | | | | Singapore and Hong Kong were affected as well. |
| oldest civil codes can be dated back to 3000BC in | | | | Though the Asian legal tradition reflects a blend of |
| Ancient Egypt. The code is based on social | | | | secular and religious influences, massive |
| equality and impartiality. The oldest known tablet | | | | transformation took place with the adaptation of |
| containing a law code that is surviving today is | | | | the common European law. Japan was the first |
| The Code of Ur-Nammu. It was written in 2100BC | | | | country to westernize their law, probably affected |
| in Sumerian language. The laws written in the | | | | by the German Law. |
| code is arranged by if-then pattern. It was quite | | | | Today, in most advanced countries, the act of |
| advanced because it institutes fines of monetary | | | | judging according to the law is taken care of in |
| compensation for bodily damage than eye for an | | | | courts. It is typically overseen by either a |
| eye principle except for capital crimes such as | | | | government or independent regulating body such |
| murder, adultery and rape which are punished | | | | as association for a certain organization or a law |
| with death. | | | | society. Lawyers are often higher to represent |
| Around 1760Bc, King Hammurabi further | | | | the person or people in courts and give advice |
| developed Babylonian law, where eye for an eye | | | | about legal rights and duties. In some countries |
| is exercised, by codifying and inscribing it in stones | | | | the Judge decides the case and in others, a group |
| and placing in several copies throughout the | | | | of juries, made up of common citizens, make up |
| kingdom of Babylon as stele for the entire public, | | | | the decision. |
| both citizen and visitors, to see. Though some of | | | | Whether it be cruel punishment or a monetary |
| the codes might be applicable to today's laws, the | | | | compensation, law has been existing for a while, |
| cultures of the Babylonian age can be observed | | | | but we all must keep in thought that it is made |
| from the tablets. The Old Testament of the bible | | | | not to punish us but to protect us. |
| is probably the oldest written law that can still be | | | | |