Can someone summarize this for me i don’t get it! as rome expanded, legal questions arose that involved both romans and non-romans. the roman’s found that although some of their rules of civil law could be used in these cases, special rules were often needed. these rules gave rise to a body of law known as the law of nations. the romans came to identify the law of nations with natural law, or universal law based on reason. this enabled them to establish standards of justice that applied to all people. these standards of justice included principles still recognized today. a person was regarded as innocent until proved otherwise. people accused of wrongdoing were allowed to defend themselves before a judge. a judge, in turn, was expected to weigh evidence carefully before arriving at a decision. these principles lived on long after the fall of the roman empire.