The social and legal role of the community in the society of Ancient Babylon

Abstract. The paper deals with social and legal nature of community of the Ancient East on the example of the Ancient Babylon. The importance of community and fixing such importance in sources of law are considers. The classification of community’s functions and order of their realizing are shown. On the base of the research, the authors describe the major role of community in formation of society ideology during the reviewed period, organization of social relations and political governing.