Legislator

Legislator
As a legislator, your job is to make laws by which citizens must abide. Here on this island, you will need to consider what laws are necessary to the survival of your civilization based on those of previous civilizations. To help your group, please review different legal codes (which provide laws and consequences) with them from throughout history. Using the Legislator GoogleDoc, choose one ancient law and one medieval/modern law. Write the name of the laws you choose on each side of the graphic organizer and answer the questions provided.
 * Ancient Laws**
 * WAWC Anthology: Hammurabi's Code of Laws
 * The Twelve Tables (earliest Roman law)
 * The Law Code of Gortyn (Crete), c. 450 BCE
 * Ancient Legal Texts.

**Medieval through Modern Age Laws**
 * The Magna Carta
 * Laws of William the Conqueror
 * The United States Constitution (National Archives)
 * The Bill of Rights
 * The Civil Code (The Napoleonic Code)

Next, choose and read about three types of government from the list below. As you read, complete the third part of your GoogleDoc. Define each type of government, list three key characteristics that would make this type of government beneficial to your island, and list a country/location that has or has had this type of government.
 * Totalitarianism
 * Feudalism
 * Monarchy
 * Republic
 * Fascism
 * Federalism
 * Democracy
 * Anarchism
 * Communism