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I’m starting to wonder if anything important has ever happened on purpose.
127. Inventing God and Law: Another Accident
The Illustrated Guide to Law
The comic that teaches what the law is, how it really works, and why.
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I’m starting to wonder if anything important has ever happened on purpose.
Was law an accident in other societies that developed it, independently of the ancient Hebrews?
That’s a fun story we’ll be getting to in a little bit, so I’m going to hold off on answering just yet!
You know, I just noticed something.
When originally written, the Code of Hammurabi was a purely symbolic text that proclaimed the king’s legitimacy and justice. Here, the Ten Commandments are partly there to proclaim their god’s legitimacy.
Nowadays, judges put monuments of the Ten Commandments outside their courthouses for exactly the same reasons.
That was forehead-smackingly insightful. I wish I’d thought of it. But now I’m totally going to steal it!
The woman in yellow looks like Mulan. Is that intentional?
Nope! It’s got to be at least 20 years since I saw Mulan. Now I have to go look it up to see what the resemblance is…