Law
This document contains topic prompts and sources for Evaluative Essay 2.
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476-1640 – Evaluative Essay 2
Read over the different laws and guidelines for women and slaves in the following excerpts. Note the similarities and differences in how women and slaves are treated in the two civilizations. Also note that during this period, women do not appear in many legal codes, so laws regarding their care and treatment tend to be bound up in family or marriage law.
Your thesis statement should answer the following question:
Look at these laws in light of Scripture. What does Scripture have to say about laws, social justice, and equality? How do these excerpts exhibit or ignore Biblical guidelines?
Juris Civilis: laws regarding slavery 535 (Byzantium – Eastern Orthodox)
Book I section VIII
http://thelatinlibrary.com/law/institutes.html
Sunnah: on treatment of women and slaves ca. 9th century (Islamic Empire- Muslim)
https://dailylife2-abc-clio-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/Topics/Display/1425975?sid=1818237&cid=32&useConcept=False
Magna Carta: regarding women 1215 (England- Roman Catholic)
Read only the following portions: 7-8, 11, 12, 15, 26, 54
https://dailylife2-abc-clio-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/Topics/Display/1425940?sid=1437932&webSiteCode=SLN_DLTH_AC&returnToPage=TopicsDisplay1425940sid1437932&cid=31&useConcept=False&token=B22D011600A63EBCA45CF2A6E4F5F81C&casError=False
Old and New Testament Scripture – Biblegateway.com
*May also consult Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance or other Bible Concordance.
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