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There are many aspects contributing to the history of criminal law: the concept of law, the origin of law, and finally the development of law. Each point is equally important and influential to the maturation of criminal law. The concept of law is to protect th ....

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.... there were three major influences of western civilization: Biblical Israel, classical Athens, and republican Rome. Each endured their own culture and ways of life; thus, imposing a diverse effect on our society. There is also a notion that, for 200,000 years, archaic humans had been living in hunting and gathering small-scale societies. Israel's Holy Bible renders a rich ancestry of history, theology, and philosophy which has had a recurring influence over modern man. Israel changed from a nomadic order, which was based on rounding up sheep and goats, to an organized agrarian society. Their criminal justice system and civilization came from ....