Hammurabi’s Code was not just b/c of it’s personal injury law. In Document E if you look law 196 and law 218, in those laws they both end in some type of physical punishment. Law 196 states, “If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out.” That is a harsh punishment, the could have done it by accident, they should just put that man in some type of jail until the learns his lesson, if does decide to do it again the sould be in jail for the rest of life, so the people have a piece of mind knowing that he is no longer on the streets. In law 218 it says, “If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on the body of a free man for a serious injury, and has caused his death, … his hands shall be cut off. ” I don't think that it was the doctor's fault, he did what he could. The patient did probably get their too late for his life to be saved. In both of these laws you can see that they are very harsh, even for their time, Hammurabi made sure that if you broke you would not do it again, hopefully. I hate that how a lot of Hammurabi's laws usually ended up in death, because …show more content…
If this ruler does not esteem my words, … if he destroys the laws which I have given, … may the great gods of heaven and earth … inflict a curse … upon his family, his land, his warriors, his subjects, and his troops.” Hammurabi made sure the upcoming king would not change the laws by saying that the gods would put a curse on the king and any of his subject. In document A it says that there are 282 laws. If I lived back then, i am pretty sure everybody would at least break 5 laws, because 282 laws is a lot to remember, even if they have it in writing in the middle of the city. Also in document A it says that the gods choose the next king and give him the right. Both of these laws end in a serious punishment, that could be a little too harsh. Also there are even more harsh punishments, but Hammurabi is going way too far with these
Citizens of Babylon who were forced had to follow Hammurabi's Code always had to apprehend about getting punished for an accident. Thi was the case in law 218, which said, " If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet
I think Hammurabi’s Code was just because, one of his laws was. If a free man was to know out the other man’s eye was to be knocked out as well. Therefore, it’s protecting the victim’s eye. That was law 196. In my opinion, I don’t think this law was bad, it’s protecting the free man but if a slave’s eye was to be knocked out. The other person would have to pay have of the slave’s owner ship to his master.
First there is the justness of the family laws. This justess is displayed throughout the many documents however it is most clearly represented in Document C where one law requires a man taking a second to keep his sick first wife where “ shall dwall in the house they have built together, and he shall maintain her as long as she lives.” (doc C, law 148) as seen in this law it is clear that Hammurabi’s code was made to protect those who can’t
Hammurabi’s code was based on the saying ‘an eye for an eye’. This means that the retribution for the crime would roughly fit the severity of the crime. For example, if someone poked someone’s eye out, someone would poke that someone’s eye out. I think this is fair because it doesn’t make sense any other way. For instance, if one was jailed ten years for a minor theft (a purse, a bike, etc.) and someone else was jailed ten years for a major theft (robbing the bank, stealing a valuable painting, etc.), that wouldn’t be reasonable. In Hammurabi’s ‘an eye for an eye’ theory, all the punishments are equal to the crime, which is very practical. Most of his laws are based on this.
I believe that Hammurabi’s code is just because of the punishments he give for personal injury laws.In law #196, the law states,” If a man knocked out the eye of a free man,his eye shall be knocked out.
Personal Injury laws are an example of evidence that support the fact that The Code Of Hammurabi is not just. Law 209 states that if a man hits the daughter of a free man and kills her unborn baby he has to pay 10 shekels (Document E.) In Law 213 it says that if a man has hit a slave girl and also causes her to lose her unborn baby he should pay only 2 shekels (Document E). Both punishments of these laws still do not solve the problem of the loss of a baby. Although getting paid in shekels is helpful, the real problem is the loss of the baby and money cannot fix that. It is also unfair because the slave girl and a normal girl should at least get the same amount
Hammurabi’s Code provides evidence for early documents that signify law and order. For instance, Hammurabi’s says in his code if a man wrongs another with his false accusations, he shall be subjected to death (1, 3). His laws illustrate a judicial system in which someone has to pay someone that they wronged in either the same way that they wronged him or through money depending on the person’s social status. It is also said in his code of law that there were penalties for those who disobeyed his laws. For example, Hammurabi says, “If that man do not pay attention to my words…may the great god, the father of the gods, ...
Hammurabi is best known for his succession in writing down the first complete set of laws, titled Hammurabi’s Code. He strived as a king to bring protection, fairness, and justice to the weak of society using laws from the God of justice, Shamash. Hammurabi’s Code was written on a large stone pillar called a stele. In addition to writing a set of 282 laws, he expanded the territory of Babylon northward and westward, encouraged agriculture, and oversaw the erection of many buildings and temples. One may argue that since Hammurabi changed and eliminated some of the laws before he published the complete set, he was changed by the times. However, revising some of the laws was necessary to ensure the best protection and fairness for the people. Overall, King Hammurabi laid the foundation for the laws that we have today and his legacy continues on in our justice
Hammurabi’s code was unjust! To support this a couple codes of law that Hammurabi enforced were number one, “if a son struck his father his hand will be cut off” this law demonstrates the Hammurabi’s code was unjust because this is showing unfair advantages to the use of power of him/her. Number two is, “if he has struck a slave he will have to pay half value for him” this code proves Hammurabi’s code was unjust because slaves no matter how bad they’ve been should be treated fairly just like every individual! These couple laws were unjust because of the punishments and the power used after the crime was committed.
In the ancient times Babylonian king, Hammurabi, formed his code of laws, in the year 1750 BC. The code of Hammurabi consisted of 282 laws that were engraved in stone; this made the King believe the laws came directly from the sun god. Unlike earlier laws the code was written in Akkadian language, which was the common language of Babylon. The purpose of the code was to use governmental authority to make common bonds among the people of the Babylonian society.
The author of the Code also makes some key assumptions while writing his laws. Hammurabi must assume that the members of his kingdom have the same values and morals that he does. He writes as if everyone will agree with each law written, and makes no provision for members of society to disagree with him. Hammurabi also assumes that the punishment he prescribes will be enough to deter crime and prevent repeat offenders. When prescribing the incentives given to doctors, Hammurabi made assumptions about how much money it would take to encourage doctors to practice medicine and shipbuilders to build ships.
As you can see, Hammurabi's code was very well unjust, and although many of the laws were cruel and in fair, some laws were made for good reasons and were set to protect citizens. But otherwise, Hammurabi's laws were in fair, and are luckily no longer used. In conclusion the laws of the ancient Babylonia king were
The Hammurabi Code of Law was the original father of our “penal and civil laws” of today. It provided guidance on creating a general code that sought to be just and applicable to all classes of citizens. Hammurabi can be considered as the forefather of the modern justice system; we should be very thankful to past societies and rulers for their contributions.
The Code of Hammurabi played a significant role in how women were treated, as well as their rights during Old Babylonian civilization. The Code of Hammurabi was created in 1780 B.C.E. and represents as the oldest written document in the development of human legislation. The “eye for an eye” principle comes from this code and states that if someone injures another person, then the person penalized to the same degree with the same action. Hammurabi’s code reflected three different classes which were; the
Hammurabi made sure he had laws for everything that includes laws about getting injured. The first law is if a doctor kills someone during surjury that docters hands will be cut off. This is very fair the docters just took some one’s life he volentered to help this injured man and the doctor didn’t have to skill he said he had. After his hands were cut off he can no longer kill anyone else during surjury if this is to risky for people they dont have to be doctors. The next law is eye for an eye basicly if someone injures you they will be hurt in the same way. This is fair because after the fact they are both equal like before the crime. Hammurabi’s injury laws were very smart and very just.