<P> Excavations in modern - day Iraq by Ernest de Sarzec in 1877 found evidence of the earliest known code of justice , issued by the Sumerian king Urukagina of Lagash ca 2300 BC . Perhaps the earliest prototype for a law of government , this document itself has not yet been discovered ; however it is known that it allowed some rights to his citizens . For example , it is known that it relieved tax for widows and orphans , and protected the poor from the usury of the rich . </P>
<P> Excavations in modern - day Iraq by Ernest de Sarzec in 1877 found evidence of the earliest known code of justice , issued by the Sumerian king Urukagina of Lagash ca 2300 BC . Perhaps the earliest prototype for a law of government , this document itself has not yet been discovered ; however it is known that it allowed some rights to his citizens . For example , it is known that it relieved tax for widows and orphans , and protected the poor from the usury of the rich . </P>
concept of written constitution was first originated in
concept of written constitution was first originated in
Lagash
Lagash