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Aim/Goals: HOW CAN A LEGAL SYSTEM BEST PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL? (CASE STUDY: ANCIENT ROME). DO NOW: A PLANE WITH 237 PEOPLE CRASH LANDS ON A DESERTED (EMPTY; ISOLATED) ISLAND. WHAT LAWS WOULD YOU AGREE TO IF YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE QUITE A TIME BEFORE YOU WERE RESCUED? HOMEWORK
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Aim/Goals:HOW CAN A LEGAL SYSTEM BEST PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL? (CASE STUDY: ANCIENT ROME) DO NOW: A PLANE WITH 237 PEOPLE CRASH LANDS ON A DESERTED (EMPTY; ISOLATED) ISLAND. WHAT LAWS WOULD YOU AGREE TO IF YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE QUITE A TIME BEFORE YOU WERE RESCUED? HOMEWORK VOCABULARY: LEGAL: THE LAW PROTECT: GUARD; LOOK AFTER INDIVIDUAL: A PERSON
THE TWELVE TABLETS (TABLES) The plebeians won the right to have written laws. This was a victory (win) for the plebeians. The patrician officials often interpreted the law to suit themselves. In 451 B.C., a group of 10 officials began writing down Rome’s laws. The laws were carved on twelve tablets, and hung in the Forum (political center). The Twelve Tablets established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law.