Law & Order in Ancient Rome

The Twelve Tables was a written law that was written in bronze for permanence. It had very specific laws that were voted in by a plebeian council, geography council, and centuriate council. They would propose, discuss, and vote on the law. When the law was decided to be put in place they got a blessing from senate, it would be inscribed, and they placed it in Rome's treasury. They typically had a preamble naming the vote, the supporters the law, and the date of adoption: a main text which had different paragraphs explain in detail the law: and the sanctio containing the details about punishments for breaking the law. They had private laws for families and marriages etc. When Rome expanded they had to deal with the fact that they had many new citizens and would need new laws in order to accommodate them, but they had local laws stand in already accustomed cities.