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Two Early Codes, The Ten Commandments And The Twelve Tables: Causes And Consequences, Alan Watson Aug 2004

Two Early Codes, The Ten Commandments And The Twelve Tables: Causes And Consequences, Alan Watson

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Comments on the legal history of the ten commandments and the Roman Twelve Tables, and a comparison of the two legal collections. This paper also discusses the peculiarities in the traditions behind the collection of these laws; and the rules of behavior between humans covered by these laws.