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A good explanation of Justinian's Code

Code of Justinian , Latin Codex Justinianus, formally Corpus Juris Civilis ("Body of Civil Law"), the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from ad 529 to 565. Strictly speaking, the works did not constitute a new legal code.

A good starting source for learning the Justinian Code

The Magna Carta --Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 Inaugural address On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war.

The Magna Carta --Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 Inaugural address On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war.

The website details the Magna Carta and its relation in the creation of the Constitution of the United States.

This website paraphrases Hammurabi's Code.

This is an interesting overview of the code pointing out the history behind it and listing some of the more interesting laws in it.

"Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred the law, am I." "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." This phrase, along with the idea of written laws, goes back to ancient Mesopotamian culture that prospered long before the Bible was written or the civilizations of the Greeks or Romans flowered.

The Ziggurat The term 'ziggurat' derives from the Akkadian verb zaqārū ("to build a raised area"), which pretty much describes the process involved. From a very early stage in their civilization, the Sumerians had taken to placing their important temples on platforms or, in the case of ziggurats, on a stepped series of platforms. There are a variety of reasons why they may have done this.

Justinian Code: Ancient Rome/Byzantine Empire Background on Justinian's Code (Byzantine Empire, 534 CE). Hand-out focuses on composition of the Code, including interlinked areas of civil law, law of nations, and natural law. Excerpts fromMedieval Legal History Sourcebook. [View as: Word document or PDF] What is the Justinian Code?

This site gives a breakdown of what this code of laws were for the Byzantine Empire.

SUPER SITE for everything about the Justinian Code. Best i've seen.

Interactive site detailing Hammurabi's Code and the effect that it played on the Babylonian civilization