When1: -451
Who: Decemviri or Ten Men
What: lawgiver
Where: Rome, Italy
works\ Code of the Twelve Tables [-451: modified Roman law]
Detail: Twelve Tables included criminal, contract, tort, family, wills, succession, property, and sacred law. It had legal-action and court-procedure rules {procedural law}. It had laws {substantive law} about rights and justice. It included enforcement procedures, public punishments, and harsh liability penalties.
It prohibited private revenge, allowed immediate seizure by wronged person of claimed object or person, and fixed tariffs for injuries.
It distinguished willful from accidental homicide.
It limited interest rates, gave debtors harsh penalties, defined debtor's liabilities, and gave grace period to debtors.
It prohibited excessive funerals and excessive bequests.
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