Law
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Law is a set of rules that are created and enforced by governmental or societal institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously de
The Code of Hammurabi is an early code of laws, from ancient Babylon.
The Constitution of India, ceremonially rendered as an illustrated and calligraphed manuscript.
English memorial to the sealing of Magna Carta by King John
The Court of Chancery, London, England, early 19th century
Constitution
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A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly det
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…precedent in common law jurisdictions. An autocrat may exercise those functions within their realm. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history, and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator…
Constitution of the Year XII (First French Empire)
Constitution of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1848
Detail from Hammurabi's stele shows him receiving the laws of Babylon from the seated sun deity.
A painting depicting George Washington at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution