This is a list of ancient legal codes: (see Origin of law, Legal history):

Contents 1 Alphabetical 2 By Date 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Alphabetical

• Assyrian laws / Code of the Assura (c. 1075 BC)
• Babylonian laws (see Code of Hammurabi)
• Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC)
• Code of the Nesilim (c. 1650-1500 BC)
• Code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC)
• Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC)
• Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (ca. 1870 BC).^[1].
• Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC)
• The Gentoo Code
• Gortyn code (5th century BC)
• The Draconian constitution (7th Century BC)
• Hebraic law / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (see Mosaic Law) (later see Halakha)
• Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BC).
• Laws of Eshnunna (ca. 1930 BC) ^[2].
• Mosaic Law / Hebraic law - Ten Commandments.
• Traditional Chinese law

[edit] By Date

• Cuneiform law (2,350-1,400 BC)
• Code of Urukagina (2,380-2,360 BC)
• Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (ca. 2050 BC)
• Laws of Eshnunna (ca. 1930 BC) ^[3].
• Codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (ca. 1870 BC).
• Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1790 BC)
• Code of the Nesilim (c. 1650-1500 BC)
• Hittite laws (ca. 1650–1100 BCE).
• Hebraic law / Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (see Mosaic Law) (later see Halakha)
• The Draconian constitution (7th Century BC)
• Gortyn code (5th century BC)

[edit] See also

• Legal culture
• List of artifacts significant to the Bible

[edit] References