Treasury of Law

This anthology of historic legal documents ranges from the ancient Code of Hammurabi to the American Civil Rights Act. In this volume, Richard W. Nice has assembled a wealth of meaningful and significant documents that represent humanity’s ever-evolving attempt to govern society by imposing laws. Drawn from ancient, medieval, and modern times, this anthology provides an enlightening overview of world history and legal theory, told entirely in primary documents. Some of the earliest attempts to r