Some people thought the laws brought order and justice to society. They also thought that they regulated many different activities, from business contracts to crime.
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copys of Hammurabis laws
they included laws that were fair to alll
They were important so the people would know what they should do and should not do. Before they wrote them down, lots of Romans got in trouble for breaking the laws that they didn't know, so that was not fair.
One reason city-states shifted to democracy was because the people wanted a say in the government. They wanted to be able to vote on laws.
I think it was because they had harsh laws and punishments.