Criminal law history

What is the Code of Hammurabi.
The Code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.
Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia.

History Of Criminal Law.
The Sumerian people from what is now Iraq produced the earliest known example of a written set of criminal laws.
Their code, created around 2100-2050 BC, was the first to create a distinction between criminal and civil wrongdoings.
Civil law governs disputes between two or more private parties (modern examples include:..

The establishment of penal codes and a juvenile justice system during the 19 th century changed the face of crime and the criminal justice system.
Criminal law during early times was the result of a shift from tribalism—loyalty to a tribe or friends—to feudalism—a societal structure focused on owning land in exchange for labor.