Duhaime's LawGallery The world's online museum of law; artifacts, image and art related to the history of law. last updated Wednesday, November 02, 2011 Duhaime's Timetable of World Legal History Duhaime's Timetable of Legal History takes the reader through the pivotal events that have shaped the history of civilization, from Neanderthal anarchy to the work-in-progress called "law and justice". last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 Law Hall of Fame The lives and times of the most famous people that have shaped law or legal institutions, from all nations and eras and based only on merit. Most are lawyers but this is not a necessary criteria for inclusion. last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 LAWmazing This stuff is for real, man! Law - justice - legal .... all the weird but totally true stuff is all here, man! You ain't gonna believe it, man! last updated Saturday, January 07, 2012 Law's Hall of Shame These are the bad guys of the law; men or women who have perverted justice while, for the most part, trained and gowned in the black sanctity of the sacred profession of law. last updated Wednesday, November 02, 2011 Canadian Law: A History The significant moments of Canadian legal history. last updated Friday, October 07, 2011 1660: Matthew Hale's 18 Rules for Judges In 1660, Matthew Hale gave us 18 rules to govern the job of judging. last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Hammurabi's Code of Laws (circa 1780 B.C.) An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Thus is best known the ancient Code of Hammurabi, one of the codifications which began the very slow process of conversion from the rule of man, to the rule of law. last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 1890: The Debut of the Electric Chair - The Electrocution of William Kemmler First-ever use of the electric chair, New York, 1890: William Francis Kemmler is killed in the name of law. last updated Friday, January 06, 2012 539 B.C. - The Cyrus Cylinder The 539 B.C. Cylinder of Cyrus the Great, often described as the first human rights code of law but in any event, a very important symbol if not artifact, in the history of law. last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Ancient Egyptian Law Law and justice in ancient Egypt. last updated Monday, December 19, 2011 China - A Legal History China - A Legal History is a 3-part article detailing the history of the development of law - legal history - in China from 2,500 BC to the 20th Century; a wild ride of religion, bamboo strips, tortoise shells ... and a little bit of law for good measure! last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 Copyright Law: The History The history of copyright law. last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Crazy English Laws – The Sequel Crazy English Laws II: There were more! How were we to know?! last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 Crazy Laws - English Style (1482-1541) What with the benefit of centuries of hoity-toity royalty and barons, earls and the like, the Mother country of the common law just cannot be undone when it comes to crazy laws. My lords, my ladies, other ladies and gentlemen, we give you England! last updated Friday, November 04, 2011 Crime & Punishment in Medieval England The progress of British criminal law through the medieval ages is the history of all nations that now embrace a common law heritage. It is a story of slow progress; of epiphanies, albeit too few and too far between. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 Crime and Punishment in Ancient China The ancient Chinese may take the gold medal for creative ways to achieve "justice". last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 History of Real Estate Law: Real property has traditionally been the most valuable of all property. Long are the days when possession or might made a landowner. But the history of real estate law sets a fascinating background to this branch of the law rich in verbiage and ancient principles. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 Japan: A Legal History A history of law in Japan; a legal history of Japan from "the beginnings" to modern times, in a 5-part article. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 Law and Justice in the Mayan and Aztec Empires (2,600 BC-1,500 AD) History and features of law and justice in the Mayan and Aztec Empires, 2600 B.C. to 1500 A.D. last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 Law and Justice Quotations The best of the best of law and justice quotations, each with context and background on the quote and the author. last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Newgate Prison: A History of Infamy Newgate prison, which stood for 900 years in London (1,000-1904), was hell on earth. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 Origin of Law More so than with other topics, we should consider the origin of law, lest we forget the hard-earned lessons of our blood-stained past, or the comforts of our daily lives which only the rule of law can provide. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 The LAW's Hall of Horror Torture in the name of the law over the centuries. last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 The Law's Holy Grail: Where? What? The law has no true holy grail ... yet. Archaeologists have Hammurabi's code circa 1780 B.C. But complex Egyptian and Sumerian societies flourished thousands of years earlier. It could not of occurred without law. Where is the law's holy grail? last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011