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11 kwi 2016 · The laws of the Twelve Tables was a set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome in 451 and 450 BCE. These tablets survive only in fragments and so it is not known for sure what all of the laws were.
The Twelve Tables were a set of 12 tablets inscribed with Roman law that were displayed in the forum for everybody to see. Whilst they may have initially been made of wood, they were later remade in copper to be more durable.
The Laws of the Twelve Tables (Latin: lex duodecim tabularum) was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. Formally promulgated in 449 BC, the Tables consolidated earlier traditions into an enduring set of laws.
Tradition tells us that the code was composed by a commission, first of ten and then of twelve men, in 451-450 B.C., was ratifed by the Centuriate Assembly in 449 B.C., was engraved on twelve tablets (whence the title), which were attached to the Rostra before the Curia in the Forum of Rome.
The Laws of the Twelve Tables were drawn up at Rome around 450 B.C. They contain criminal law, civil law, and governmental law. The formula of the laws is generally hypothetical (i.e. if … then …), but also contains some statements of legal principle.
Law of the twelve tables (Lex Duodecim Tabularum) was the first codification of Roman law made in 451-449 BC. It was undoubtedly the plebeian’s greatest victory over the aristocracy. The beginnings of the creation of Law XII. Tablets should be seen in the early republic. Rome ruled by patricians was characterized by social injustice.
The Twelve Tables contained matters relating both to the Jus Publicum and the Jus Privatum (fons publici privatique juris, Liv. III.34). The Jus Publicum underwent great changes in the course of years, but the Jus Privatum of the Twelve Tables continued to be the fundamental law of the Roman State.
