What was the significance of the code of hammurabi?

a) the laws guaranteed many freedoms for ordinary citizens.

b) the laws were developed from an ancient sumerian code of laws.

c) the laws guaranteed equality between the rich and the poor.

d) the laws were displayed throughout the empire for all to see.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?