Editing Judiciary (section)

==== Archaic Roman Law (650–264 BC) ====
The most important part was ''Ius Civile'' (Latin for "civil law"). This consisted of ''[[Mos maiorum|Mos Maiorum]]'' (Latin for "way of the ancestors") and ''Leges'' (Latin for "laws"). ''Mos Maiorum'' was a set of rules of conduct based on social norms created over the years by predecessors. In 451–449 BC, the ''Mos Maiorum'' was written down in the [[Twelve Tables]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=European legal history: a cultural and political perspective|last=Lesaffer, Randall|translator=Arriens, Jan |isbn=9780521877985|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=67, 68|oclc=299718438|date=25 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law|last=Jolowicz|first=H.F.|year=1952|location=Cambridge|pages=108}}</ref><ref>Crawford, M.H. 'Twelve Tables' in Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, and Esther Eidinow (eds.) ''Oxford Classical Dictionary'' (4th ed.)</ref> ''L' were rules set by the leaders, first the kings, later the popular assembly during the Republic. In these early years, the legal process consisted of two phases. The first phase, ''In Iure'', was the judicial process. One would go to the head of the judicial system (at first the priests as law was part of religion) who would look at the applicable rules to the case. Parties in the case could be assisted by jurists.<ref>{{Cite book|title=De Oratore|last=Cicero, Marcus Tullius|date=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521593601|oclc=781329456}}</ref> Then the second phase would start, the ''Apud Iudicem''. The case would be put before the judges, which were normal Roman citizens in an uneven number. No experience was required as the applicable rules were already selected. They would merely have to judge the case.<ref>{{Cite book|title=European legal history: a cultural and political perspective|last=Lesaffer, Randall|translator=Arriens, Jan |isbn=9780521877985|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=69–75, 92–93|oclc=299718438|date=25 June 2009}}</ref>