Above The Law
In all three traditions, a canon was originally a rule adopted by a church council; these canons fashioned the foundation of canon law. The Old Testament dates again to 1280 BC and takes the form of ethical imperatives as suggestions for an excellent society. The small Greek city-state, historical Athens, from in regards to the 8th century BC was the primary society to be primarily based on broad inclusion of its citizenry, excluding ladies and the slave class. However, Athens had no legal science or single word for “law”, relying as a substitute on the three-way distinction between divine law …
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