Identify the development of written laws (i.e., Hammurabi's Code, Justinian Code, and Magna Carta). 6.4.3

Links verified 8/6/2014

1. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - The Code of Hammurabi (Translated by L. W. King) includes a hyperlinked dictionary of terms
2. The Code of Hammurabi - complete text of Hammurabi 's law code, the first written code of laws in human history [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine]
3. Code of Hammurabi - from MSN Encarta [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine]
4. Corpus Juris Civilis - also sometimes referred to as the Code of Justinian
5. Justinian Code - what the code is
6. Justinian's Code - from Middle Ages for Kids
7. Magna Carta - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
8. Magna Carta - a featured document at the National Archives
9. Text of the Magna Carta - "the text of the Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining and many hands"

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