When Law Didn't Need God

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 30, 2026 · 27m

Can a legal system exist without God? This episode traces a 4,000-year argument from the clay tablets of ancient Mesopotamia to the chambers of the International Criminal Court. We examine the Code of Ur-Nammu, the Roman Twelve Tables (which legally permitted cutting debtors into pieces), and Hugo Grotius's radical 1625 claim that natural law would be valid even without a deity. The journey reveals how societies have defined "murder" by what they permit, and whether a truly universal, non-religious legal framework has ever been achieved. Episode 3152 — myweirdprompts.com/n/3152 (permanent…