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ИТОГОВОЕ КОНТРОЛЬНОЕ ЗАДАНИЕ №2
по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» (английский)
специальность 4
0.05.04 «Судебная и прокурорская деятельность»
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Draconian Laws
Draco was the first
legislator of ancient
Athens in
7th century BC. He replaced the system of
oral law and
blood feud by a written
code. Because of its harshness, this code also gave rise to the term «draconian».
Draco’s laws were the first written constitution of Athens. So that no one would be unaware of them, they were posted on wooden tablets where they were preserved for almost two centuries.
The laws had several major innovations: 1) instead of oral laws known only to a special class, all laws were written, thus made known to all literate citizens, 2) the laws distinguished between
murder and
involuntary homicide.
Draco’s laws, however, were particularly cruel. For example, any
debtor whose status was lower than that of his
creditor was forced into slavery. The
death penalty was the
punishment for even minor
offenses. Some of the citizens asked why he had named such a terrible punishment for so small a crime as the theft of a cabbage. Draco replied that a person who had stolen even the smallest thing was dishonest, and deserved death; and he did not know greater and severer punishment to inflict for more serious crimes.
Заведующий кафедрой
Клепальченко И.А.
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