Lawgiving

Lawgiving

See also Justice.

Draco

(fl. 621 B.C.) codified Athenian law. [Gk. Hist.: Benét, 286]

Hammurabi

Babylonian king (c. 1800 B.C.); established first systematic legal code. [Classical Hist.: EB, 8: 598–599]

Justinian

(485–565) ruler of eastern empire; codified Roman law. [Rom. Hist.: EB, 10: 362–365]

Minos

scrupulous king and lawgiver of Crete. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler, 244]

Moses

presents God’s ten commandments to Israelites. [O.T.: Exodus 20:1–12]

Solon

(c. 639–c. 559 B.C.) Athenian statesman and wise legislator. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1018]

Talmud

great body of Jewish law and tradition, supplementing scripture. [Judaism: Haydn & Fuller, 725]

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.