Development of Law 1

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Law develops as society evolves. Historically, simplest societies were tribal. The members the tribe were bonded together initially kinship and worship of the same . Even in the absence of courts legislature there was law-a blend of , morality, religion, and magic. The visible was the ruler, or chief; the authorities were believed to be the whose will was revealed in the of nature and in the revelations the tribal head or the priests. against the tribe, such as sacrilege breach of tribal custom, were met group sanctions including ridicule and hostility, , the tribe members thought, with the of the gods. The gods were in ritualistic ceremonies ending perhaps in or expulsion of the wrongdoer. Wrongs individuals, such as murder, theft, adultery, failure to repay a debt, were by the family of the victim, in actions against the family of wrongdoer. Revenge of this kind was on tri