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📌 Legal systems vary according to whether they are oral or written, religious or secular, and based on custom or legislation.
Social life → shared rules → organized society
1. Concerning law and social organization, which statement(s) is (are) correct?
2. Regarding the emergence of written law, which proposition is correct?
3. Concerning the Code of Ur-Nammu, which statement(s) is (are) accurate?
What is law in a society?
A system of rules organizing relationships within a society.
Why does the history of law overlap with civilization history?
Because each organized society develops rules, procedures, and institutions.
How do legal systems vary?
They vary as oral or written, religious or secular, and based on custom or legislation.
What does the Roman formula 'ubi societas, ibi ius' mean?
Where there is society, there is law.
When did written law emerge in the Fertile Crescent?
Toward the end of the fourth millennium BCE.
What is the Code of Ur-Nammu known for?
It is the oldest known Mesopotamian legal collection.
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