what were the twelve tables in history?

Answer 1

They were the laws of the Roman Republic, drawn up by 10 consuls, and they defined subsequent life in the Roman Empire - which stretched, at its biggest, from Asia to Ireland, and south into Africa. They therefore became the basis of Western European law, and what can be called the patriarchy and nuclear family, as they invested huge amounts of power in the man who headed a family. They also established the importance of written legal constitutions, as opposed to a judge or jury's interpretation of a single case based on its own merits.

Answer 2

The Twelve Tables were written by the Decemviri Consulari Imperio Legibus Scribundis,(the 10 Consuls) of Rome who were given unprecedented powers to draft the laws of the young Republic.Originally ten laws were drafted ; two later statutes were added prohibiting marriage between the classes and affirming the binding nature of customary law. The new code promoted the organization of public prosecution of crimes and instituted a system whereby injured parties could seek just compensation in civil disputes. The plebeians were protected from the legal abuses of the ruling patricians, especially in the enforcement of debts. Serious punishments were levied for theft and the law gave male heads of families enormous social power (patria potestas).The important basic principle of a wriiten legal code for Roman law was established , and justice was no longer based solely on the interpretation of judges. These laws formed an important part of the foundation of all subsequent Western civil and criminal law.
Table I: Preliminaries to a trial; rules for a trial.
Table II: The trial
Table III: Debt
Table IV: Rights of fathers
Table V: Guardianship
Table VI: Acquisition; possession
Table VII: Rights concerning land
Table VIII: Torts or delicts
Table IX: Public law
Table X: Sacred law
Table XI: Supplementary law
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Table XII: Supplementary laws

Answer 3

the roman laws .. that set up the Roman government. there are 12 sections. www.wikipeda.com has the info.. look up twelve tables,