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The Concept of Law

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The earliest known written legal code is the Code of Ur-Nammu from around 2100 BC, predating Hammurabi's famous laws by three centuries.

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Imagine a world without any rules—no traffic lights, no property rights, no consequences for theft. Why do nearly all human societies create systems of law?