By the twenty second century BC, the traditional Sumerian ruler Ur-Nammu had formulated the first law code, which consisted of casuistic statements (“if … then …”). Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi additional developed Babylonian law, by codifying and inscribing it in stone. Hammurabi placed a number of copies of his law code all through the kingdom of Babylon as stelae, for the complete public to see; this became often known as the Codex Hammurabi. The most intact copy of these stelae was discovered within the 19th century by British Assyriologists, and has since been absolutely transliterated and translated into varied languages, including English, Italian, German, and French. The MLS Mentor Program matches Juris Doctor and international Melbourne Law Masters students with skilled law professionals.
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