Round 12: Tossup 7

In the 1920s, a Kosovan folklorist compiled a set of local works on this discipline attributed to a medieval prince, the Kanun. During the Raj, British translators first emphasized a focus on this discipline in the title of a Hindu text named for Manu. This discipline was codified in the Roman Republic by ten citizens who wrote the Twelve Tables. Travelling officials educated in this discipline (10[1])established its “common” form (10[1])during the reign of Henry II. (10[1])This discipline’s principle (10[1])of (10[1])lex talionis derives from a Babylonian stela whose namesake decreed “an eye for an eye.” (-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, “codes” (10[1])such as Hammurabi’s outline what discipline’s namesake set of rules governing society? ■END■ (10[2])

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