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| law from 1688 limiting power of the monarchy; an important influence on establishing the government of the United States. |
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| Philosophical idea that people consent to be part of a state and covered by its laws. |
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| first legislature in the New World. |
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| Thirteenth-century agreement between the English king and nobles, limiting the power of the monarchy. |
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| sixt-century compilations of earlier systems of law. |
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| spells out the duties and rights of a person as an individual with the power of action and the mind of choose between right and wrong. |
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| Iroquois nation's constitution |
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| American Indian document forming a confederation, influential on the writing of the constitution. |
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| social contract of the Pilgrims. |
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| set of laws and punishments. |
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| law not made by a legislature. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| document from 1776 explaining why the American colonies were separating from Great Britain. |
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Corpus Juris Civilis
(body of civil law) |
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| a fundamental work in law and jsutice issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, the Byzantine emperor. |
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| punishments that are unnecessarily harsh. |
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| from eighteenth-century BCE Mesopotamia, earliest known legal code. |
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| Constitution of the United States |
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| is the supreme law of the country and it is the oldest national constitution still in effect. |
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