History of justice
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The history of justice, the struggle to obtain and enforce it, the methods of doing so, and various struggles for legal recognition and civil rights are of interest to many travellers. This article lists a few of the sites associated with the History of Justice and the struggles to obtain it.
UnderstandAnu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak...
Major courts of the modern eraLand skal mæþ laghum byggias.Land shall with law be built.
Historical sites
Museums
Visiting prisonsMost jails and prisons allow visits by friends and relatives of prisoners and some have tours.
See also
Sources and licences
- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "History of justice" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: luis sainz, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons