Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these antonyms: judicial review (noun). review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court. Synonyms:
What's so important about the Code of Hammurabi? The Code of Hammurabi contains an extensive list of laws that have opened historians' eyes to the highly sophisticated society of Babylonia. When we think of aÂ­ncient pagaÂ­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind.
But it is important to US for what it shows us of views and practice of justice in the ancient Near East. In popular thought the 18th century BC Code of Hammurabi (written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, the Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia) is regarded the oldest law code.