Who wrote the first code of law that was not subject to the king's will?
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Thomas Jefferson et al.
Divine right of kings
first code of law that was not subject to the king's will
Divine right of kings Salic law Rule of law Sovereign immunity Early Irish law Leges Henrici Primi Early Germanic law Roman law Legal history Pre-Code Hollywood
The divine right of <b>kings</b>, divine right, or God&#39;s mandate <b>is</b> a political and religious 
doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It stems from a specific metaphysical&nbsp;... The Salic <b>law</b> or the Salian <b>law</b>, was the ancient Salian Frankish civil <b>law code</b> 
compiled around AD 500 by the <b>first</b> Frankish <b>King</b>, Clovis. The written text <b>is</b> in 
Latin, or in &quot;semi-French Latin&quot; according to some ... All the Franks of Francia 
were <b>subject</b> to the same <b>law code</b>, which retained the overall title of Lex Salica. 
These&nbsp;... The rule of <b>law is</b> defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as: &quot;The authority and 
influence of ... The rule of <b>law</b> implies that every person <b>is subject</b> to the <b>law</b>, 
including ... Among the <b>first</b> modern authors to use the term and give the principle 
... <b>is law</b>, so in free countries the <b>law</b> ought to be <b>king</b>; and there ought to be <b>no</b> 
other. Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, <b>is</b> a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign 
or state cannot ... Thus the courts had <b>no</b> power to compel the sovereign to be 
<b>bound by</b> them as ... Whilst there <b>is no</b> ambiguity surrounding the <b>first</b> aspect of 
this declaration ... Article 88 of the Constitution of Belgium states: &quot;The <b>King&#39;s</b> 
person <b>is</b>&nbsp;... <b>Early</b> Irish <b>law</b>, also called Brehon <b>law</b>, comprised the statutes which governed 
everyday life in ... <b>No</b> single theory as to the origin of <b>early</b> Irish <b>law is</b> universally 
accepted. <b>Early</b> Irish <b>law</b> consisted of the ... But <b>kings</b> could <b>not</b>, by their own 
authority, <b>issue</b> permanent <b>law codes</b>. <b>Kings</b> also acted as judges, although the 
extent&nbsp;... <b>Subject</b>, English <b>laws</b> and legal procedures. The Leges Henrici Primi or <b>Laws</b> of 
Henry I <b>is</b> a legal treatise, written in about 1115, that records the legal customs of 
medieval England in the reign of <b>King</b> Henry I of England. Although it <b>is not</b> an 
official document, it was written by someone apparently ... The work <b>is not</b> a <b>law</b> 
<b>code</b> issued by <b>King</b> Henry, but a compilation of already&nbsp;... In theory, enforcement of the <b>law</b> was the duty of the <b>king</b>, and as ... While the 
Visigoths&#39; <b>law code</b> reflected many aspects of ... the <b>early</b> 5th century, and its 
main <b>subjects</b> were Visigoths living in Southern France. ... This work <b>is</b> lost, and 
we have <b>no</b> direct knowledge of any fragment of it. Roman <b>law is</b> the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal 
developments spanning ... The <b>first</b> legal text <b>is</b> the <b>Law</b> of the Twelve Tables, 
dating from the mid-5th century ... The fragments which did survive show that it 
was <b>not</b> a <b>law code</b> in the ... A Praetor&#39;s successor was <b>not bound by</b> the edicts of 
his predecessor;&nbsp;... Legal history or the history of <b>law is</b> the study of how <b>law</b> has evolved and why it 
changed. ... Around 1760 BC, <b>King</b> Hammurabi further developed Babylonian 
<b>law</b>, ... Hammurabi placed several copies of his <b>law code</b> throughout the kingdom 
of ... which <b>is</b> mentioned in texts of Islamic jurisprudence as <b>early</b> as the 8th 
century. Pre-<b>Code</b> Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the 
widespread ... Before that date, movie content was restricted more by local <b>laws</b>, 
... As a result, some films in the late 1920s and <b>early</b> 1930s depicted or implied ... 
The film featured pre-<b>Code</b> megastar Warren <b>William</b> (later dubbed &quot;the <b>king</b> of&nbsp;...
John Adams
Rule of law