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Historical Sources for the Rule of Law

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Ancient World                    Classical World                    Medieval World                    Renaissance World

Age of Enlightenment                    Industrial Revolution                    20th Century

 

Ancient World

Code of Hammurabi

Laws of he Torah
​(as compiled by Maimonedes)

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Classical World

     Pericles’ Funeral Oration, Thucydides

The Apology, Plato     

The Politics, Aristotle

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Age of Enlightenment

       The Virginia Declaration of Rights                    Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights