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    Law Code of Gortyn

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    Law Code of Gortyn Thought to date to the 6th or 7th century longest law code ~600 lines long re-assembled from seats of an amphitheater dating ~450 BCE boustrophedon – writing left to right one line then right to left then next surviving portions concerned with: sexual offences divorce inherence how parentage affects the status of slaves adoption Rape Punished by a fine Amount depends on social status of rapist and victim Free man rapes a free man or woman – 100 staters Slave

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    The Three Law Codes

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    which the three law codes are based upon few universal rules that still are in use today. The rule no one should kill their neighbor. It is found in Hittite Laws‚ Hammurabi’s Law Code and Laws of the Hebrews. Although all three laws codes mention this rule there are different consequences to breaking this rule in all three. Hittite Law followed the “if then” formula‚ which would start with “if‚” then it would be followed by “then‚” describing the punishment (Allen). The three law codes are very similar

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    trace evidence

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    TRACE EVIDENCE AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL UNDER FORENSIC SCIENCE Introduction Edmond Locard‚ founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon‚ France‚ developed what has become known as Locard’s Exchange Principle. This states that “every contact leaves a trace”‚ implying that a criminal will leave trace and take away trace evidence when at a crime scene. Trace evidence often refers to minute samples of a substance‚ particularly fibres‚ hairs‚ glass fragments and paint chips. Crime

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    Hammurabi's Code Of Law

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    Hammurabi’s code just paragraph 1 Background In Hammurabi’s time period was not a very good time to disobey the law and the rules of the land because if you done something to someone else even if you didn’t mean to you would still have the same done to you because it wasn’t such a fair law. And if you was to cheat on your wife or husband you would be cast into the water to drown and with your hands and feet tied together and you would die. Paragraph 2

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    Moses Vs Hammurabi

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    Hammurabi and Moses have been compared and contrast throughiut history. Hammurabi code was revealed to him by a Babylonian god . Moses received the Mosaic Law from the God of the Israelites. Although they recieved their laws from different gods‚ some of the laws within the Hammurabi Code and the Mosiac Law resemables each other There are many surprsing similarities between the laws of Hammurabi and the Old testament. They both seem to emphasis the laws that gave respect for women and their rights

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    Trace Evidence

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    Trace or transfer evidence can be any small‚ and to the untrained be a seemingly insignificant piece of material‚ whether man-made or natural‚ that has been left at a crime scene. Edmond Locard‚ founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon‚ France‚ developed what has become known as Locard’s Exchange Principle. This states that every contact leaves a trace (Trace Evidence). Trace evidence can consist of just about anything. Some types of trace evidence include but are not

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    Trace Evidence

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    Trace Evidence Trace evidence is an important part of a team in solving crimes in forensic investigations. According to Edmond Locard‚ there is specific that no matter wherever people interact with their environment or is physically involved in a crime often leaves something at or something away from the scene. Those in this category of evidence include many diverse types of macroscopic or microscopic materials that certain examples are easily visible to our “naked eye”. The subject is broad and

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    If you look at the three main laws of Hammurabi’s which: Property law‚ Family law‚ and Personal injury law. You can see that they are just‚ or as i say … Fair! They are fair but‚ some of them could be a little harsh. The first law is Family law is where a married woman is caught with another male they shall be bind and cast into the water which means they with have to be tied together and thrown into the ocean or lake. I got this info from Doc. C. I do think it is just because the woman is

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    Hammurabi’s Code of Law and the Hebrew Law have many differences and many similarities. They both have laws on marriage‚ farming‚ religion‚ equality‚ and many other things. Both of these codes of law showed that each civilization had order and some form of government. It also showed how two civilizations‚ that are so far apart‚ can still think so alike and that humanity learns from it’s mistakes by improving on them. Hammurabi had a nice view on how to keep things equal. He has the basic concept

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    Hammurabi Dbq

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    Efrain Duran Reflection Paper 1 2-9-11 HIS 101 The Code Of Hammurabi Does the Code of Hammurabi sound harsh‚ fair‚ or lenient? Penalties such as exile and mutilation were less severe than death‚ but was harsh justice necessary in Babylonia? Based on your reading of the code‚ was Hammurabi an enlightened ruler? In the actions of accusing a man for murder and not able to convict him‚ stealing an animal‚ stealing from another’s home or property‚ and aiding a slave to escape the punishment of

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