Thursday / Friday Lecture Outline and Images 18 / 19 September

A Brief History of (Western) 

Laws and Rules for Governance

What do these look like to you?

Code of Hamurabi 1772 BCE

Magna Carta 1215 CE (more or less -- it's complicated)

Charles I (and the English Revolution) 1649 RIP

Articles of Confederation 1777 / 1781 

Constitution of the United States of America 1787 / 1788 / 1789 CE

Bill of Rights (Ammendments 1-10) 1791

Safeguards of liberty (Amendments 1, 2, 3)



Safeguards of justice (Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)



Unenumerated rights and reserved powers (Amendments 9, 10)