WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Legal ideas like trial by jury, civil rights, contracts, personal property, legal wills, and corporations all were influenced by Roman law and the Roman way of looking at things.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ideas and culture of ancient Rome influence the art, architecture, science, technology, literature, language, and law of today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used synonymously. The historical importance of Roman law is reflected by the continued use of Latin legal terminology in many legal systems influenced by it, including common law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Written and unwritten law. The Romans divided their law into jus scriptum (written law) and jus non scriptum (unwritten law). By “unwritten law” they meant custom; by “written law” they meant not only the laws derived from legislation but, literally, laws based on any written source.

Detailed explanation-5: -In modern times, Roman law became the basis for several Western European law codes including those of France (Napoleonic Code), Austria, and Germany. In turn, these codes influenced many other countries such as Spain, Egypt, Japan, and even the state of Louisiana.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Romans established a form of government-a republic-that was copied by countries for centuries In fact, the government of the United States is based partly on Rome’s model. The ladder to political power in the Roman Senate was different for the wealthy patricians than for the lower-class plebeians.