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Question: What were Rome’s main contributions to the field of law!?
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So many but the most important I think is the "12 tables of Law"!.
In the history of governments, the Twelve Tables occupy a special place!. At once, they are the basis of the Roman Republic, the basis of Roman Law for centuries, and the germ of the idea that evolved into humanism, the philosophy of John Locke, and the Declaration if Independence!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Going back to my schooldays in the Military Police school:
A basic difference between Roman law and Germanic law is that under Roman law the accuser has to provide evidence!. The accused is assumed innocent until proven guilty!.
Under Germanic laws the accused had to proof he was innocent!.
(In the army we use that Germanic Law principle still for soldiers on guard duty, to prevent officers abusing their authority to bluff their way in!.)

I think that is a major contibution!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

A ton of legal vocabulary has its roots in Latin, the language of the Roman Empire!.

Examples:

de minimis--Literally, "of trivial things"
habeas corpus--"we command that you have the body" This is in the US Constitution


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