Legal Code - Rome/US
- Twelve Tables
- publicly displayed
- gave rights to plebeians, not just aristocrats
- only protected free-born male citizens (not women)
Bill of Rights
- first ten amendments to the constitution
1 - free speech/press/religion
2 - bear arms
3 - no quartering
4 - no search and seizure
5 - no self-incrimination
6 - right to fair trial
7 - jury trials
8 - no cruel or unusual punishment
9 - right to privacy and rights are assumed
10 - states have power where fed doesn't
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