Law History and Philosophy

Codex of Hammurabi
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Codex of Hammurabi;
King of Babylon - ca. 1700 BCE




Nicolo Machiavalli

Nicolo Machiavelli
(1469-1527)


Adam Smith
Adam Smith
(1723-1790)

Voltaire
Voltaire
(1694-1778)

Karl Marx
Karl Marx
(1818-1883)

Ivy Operation
Ivy Operation
(1952)

UN General Assembly
UN General Assembly
Yearly, in September

Ancient History

  Codex of Hammurabi  ca. 1700 BCE

  Codex of Manu  ca. 1500BCE (220 BCE)

  The Twelve Tables  ca. 450 BCE
  Justinian, The Institutes  by Tribonian, Constantinopel, 533 CE

  Tacitus, Germania  98 CE
  The Salic Law  ca. 490 CE

Mediaeval History

  Codex of the Visigoths  Breviarium Alarici, Toulouse, 506 CE
                                           Forum Judicum, 649-652 CE

  Jordanes, The Origin and Deeds of the Goths  ca . 550 CE

  Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks  Tours, between 538 to 594 CE
  Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne  Einhart lived from ca. 770 to 840 CE

  Capitulary of Charlemagne  Issued in the Year 802 CE

  McKechnie, The Magna Charta  King John, Runnymede, June 15, 1215 CE
  Machiavelli, The Prince  Florence, 1513 CE

Modern History

  The US Declaration of Independence  July 4th, 1776 CE
  Jefferson, US Declaration of Independence
  Jefferson, Quotes on Politics and Government  Jefferson lived from 1743 to 1826

  Smith, Lectures on Jurisprudence  Glasgow, 1763
  Smith, On the Wealth of Nations  Glasgow, 1776

  Rousseau, Discours sur l'Inégalite  A Chambéry, le 12 juin 1754
  Rousseau, Du Contrat Social ou Principes du Droit Politique  Genève, 1762

  Voltaire, Poème sur la Loi Naturelle  Pour Frederick à Potsdam, 1752
  Voltaire, Traité sur la Tolérance  Jean Calas - 9 mars 1762
  Voltaire, Commentaire sur le Livre des Delits en des Peines  1766

  Code Napoléon  Paris, le 21 Mars, 1804
  Bicentenaire du Code Civil


  Hegel, Philosophy of Right  Berlin, June 25th, 1820
  Marx, Engels, The Manifesto of the Communist Party  London, February, 1848
  Morgan, Ancient Society  London, 1877
  FAQ on Anarchism



Contemporain History

 Ferri, Criminal Sociology

 Griggs, The Soul of Democracy -
The Philosophy of World War and Human Liberty


 Haines, The Revival of Natural Law Concepts

 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 European Convention on Human Rights

  Malliet, Research Guide to Belgian Law

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