Before he died, Hammurabi was a person who created many laws. He created a code of 282 fair laws (BGE). He created his law on a stone seal. He made the laws to control the city-state of Babylonia. He was a ruler of a huge city-state in Mesopotamia for 42 years. He made laws for 1,000,000 people that each person had to follow or they would be punished on what they did. The way they were punished depended on what they did. There were 3 categories Family law, Property law, and Personal-Injury law. Was Hammurabi’s code just? Hammurabi’s laws were just because of 3 categories, Family Laws, Property Laws, and Personal-Injury Laws.
Family law is just in Hammurabi's code of law. Law 129“ If a married lady is caught (in adultery) with another
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man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water (Doc C). Law 129, this is just because if you leave your husband you should be punished with the man you left your husband for. You should not switch on people because you made the choice who you wanted to marry. Law 195 “ If a son struck his father, his hands shall be cut off.” (Doc C) Law 195, this law is and should be just because if you strike you father your hands should be cut off because then if they were not then he would just do it again and again Property law is just in many ways in Hammurabi’s code of law.
Law 21, “If a man has broken through the wall (to rob) a house, they shall put him to death and pierce him, or hang him in the hole in the wall that he made.” (Doc D) This is just because with this when people see a dead man hanging then it would tell them not to rob a house or someone else's property. Law 48 “If a man has borrowed money to plant money to plant his field and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop,.... in that year he does not have to pay the creditor.” (Doc D)This is fair because he did not wash away the crops. If they had to pay the creditor then they would be giving them free money. the reason why they would be giving them free money is because the farmer did not wash away their crops mother nature …show more content…
did. Personal-Injury law is just in Hammurabi’s code of law. Law 196 “If a man has knocked out an eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out.” (Doc E). This is fair because if you are a free man you did not do anything to the man that knocked your eye out. Since the person who got their eye knocked out did not do anything the man who caused all this should pay the price for it also. Just because one man has less power than another person does not mean they get to have power of the little powered people. Law 215 “ If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on the body of a free man…. and saves the man life, he shall receive 10 shekels of silver.” (Doc E). This is just because the surgeon just saved someone's life and they should be rewarded for what they did. If they did not that is kinda like saying because you saved someone's life you should not be rewarded for it. And everyone should be rewarded for saving a badly wounded man's life. In conclusion, Majority of Hammurabi’s law were just.
For example of a law that is not-just is “If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free man for a serious injury, and has caused his death,..... his hands should be cut off. (Doc E). This law is unjust because nobody in this world if perfect and they shall not have their hands cut off for making a mistake. An example of a just law is “If a son struck a father, his hands shall be cut off.” This law is fair because it is teaching people to not strike their father. However three examples presented above of the laws are: Family laws, Property laws, and Personal-Injury law. Hammurabi’s code was just in so many
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Is Hammurabi’s Code just or unjust? Hammurabi ruled for 42 years. By his 38th year, he already had 282 laws. He ruled over most of Mesopotamia. He became king of a small city-state called Babylon. He wasn’t the first king to write in cuneiform for his laws.
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
The laws gave men more freedom over their lives, unlike women. Lastly, if a woman killed another woman, her daughter would be put to death! However, if a man killed another man, he would be killed. The person who killed someone should have been put to death, because the kids were innocent. Overall, women were considered their “husband’s property,” and they were not considered a true wife until they had kids. The Hammurabi Code allowed more freedom for men.
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 formers of the Hammurabi’s Code of Laws surely created strict rules with severe punishments for their violation. In fact, these laws played a big role in organization of Mesopotamian society. Reading these laws, reader may learn about ideals people of Mesopotamia had about crimes, their attitude to the lower and higher social classes, and legal rights between men and women. Reading the laws I noticed that many crimes were punished by death penalty. Many laws tell that guilty person has to pay the same price for the physical harm one did to another person or one’s relative. For instance: law 196 states (encyclopedia.com): “ If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.” In addition, at that time, people were penalized to death for many crimes or wrongdoings that almost never would be penalized with capital punishment at a modern time. Among such felony and misdemeanors are stealing, robbery, accusation, adultery, and desertion. Hammurabi’s Code also, reveals inequality between social classes. Slaves were not treated by the laws the same as free-born people. According to the Code of Hammurabi, women had some legal rights, but these rights were not equal to men’s. Married women had a right to divorce as well as men. In fact, in order to acquire the right for divorce, a woman has to find a reasonable explanation for her desire, and only than the divorce could be possible.
One of the most important aspects of any society is the ruling system. A society simply could not function without any sort of rules or regulations. With the tremendous growth of Babylonian society came the need for law systems. Perhaps one of the most well known law systems was Babylonian ruler Hammurabi’s compilation of Mesopotamian laws known as Hammurabi 's Code. Hammurabi 's Code contained laws pertaining to trade, marriage, property, crime, social class, and more (Judge and Langdon, 25). So much can be learned about early societies through this famous artifact. Although these laws may have been accepted by the Babylonian citizens at the time, it is now clear to see that the code was extremely unjust. Hammurabi 's Code uncovers the social
Hammurabi’s laws are unfair to society because the amounts of deaths and curl punishment people had to face when they break a law. In law 218,
Hi everyone! My name is Tom and today I'll be talking about the Code of Hammurabi. Imagine what it would be like if we didn't have any laws. If people did just as they pleased without any regard for others, life would probably get pretty chaotic. Law is one of society's most basic and necessary institutions. It establishes a person’s duties and obligations. The law also sets penalties for those who violate the rules. It helps teach us right from wrong. One of the earliest known written set of laws was composed by Hammurabi. Today my speech will cover who Hammurabi was, what his codes were, examine some of his most important and influential laws, and finally I'll discuss the significance it had moving forward.
The Code of Hammurabi was written by King Hammurabi, who began ruling the Babylonian Empire in about 1800 BC. Hammurabi came to power using his strengths as a military leader, conquering many smaller city-states to create his Empire. Hammurabi believed that the gods appointed him to bring justice and order to his people, and he took this duty very seriously. Not long after his ascent to power, he created his Code, 282 laws written to define all relationships and aspects of life in the kingdom. The laws were displayed in a public place so that all the people could have the opportunity to study them. The laws applied to everyone, though application of the laws and punishment differed according to social class. The punishments for disobeying the laws were swift and harsh, further encouraging compliance.
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, ...
"If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out." This is one of the most well-known laws of Hammurabi. Hammurabi's code was made in Babylon, Iraq in the 18th century B.C. His code contained 282 written laws that he wrote by the command of Shamash, to protect his people. So even though a god commanded him to create the law, Was Hammurabi's code just? There are three areas of law where Hammurabi's code can be shown to be unjust. These are Personal Law, Family Law, and Property Law.
What is Justice? Justice can mean many things,but in this situation it means a fair treatment or a punishment for someone's actions they choose to make. The Hammurabi Code was made by the one and only Hammurabi!Hammurabi finished to Code of Laws after his 38th year of his rule.The code has 282 laws on it.He made the Code of Laws in Babylonian and he made it because the god (Shamash) told him to and he did it because so “the strong might not injure the weak,in order to protect the Widows and Orphans.Hammurabi's Code was mostly unfair because they treated the people and animals unfairly.
Did you know that Hammurabi was a man who wrote 282 laws so he can maintain order so his community was organized and was king of Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago. Most people say these laws were fair but I don't agree. Hammurabi´s Code isn't fair because it threatens families, affects personal injury, and personal property.
Hammurabi’s laws reflect with issues of taxes and trade, death and murder, and most importantly, marriage and divorce, because it came to signify important business and economic connections between families. As Mesopotamians built a patriarchal society, the Code of Hammurabi sex and gender relations demonstrate that women occupied a lesser legal and social position. However, because the society of Mesopotamian represented marriages and families as important business, Hammurabi’s laws protected children, marital partners and families by setting fair rules. As the law states, “128: If a seignior [a lord or a man of property] acquired a wife, but did not draw up the contracts for her, that woman is no wife.”2 And “138: If a seignior wishes to divorce his wife who did not bear him children, he shall give her money to the full amount of her marriage-price [money or goods that the husband paid to the bride’s family in exchange for the right to marry her] and he shall also make good to her the dowry [money or goods that the bride brought to the marriage] which she brought from her father’s house and then he may divorce her.” 2 These laws restrict husbands from doing unreasonable treatment against women. His law became the outline of actions and punishment for the societies, and it lead cultural unity for the
The code of Hammurabi was one of the most important documents in Babylon history. It was adopted from many Sumerian customs that had been around for a while before the Babylonians. Though many of the Laws were adopted from Sumeria they were published by Hammurabi and thus known as the code of Hammurabi. This code had four main parts to it. They were: Civil Laws, Commercial Laws, Penal Laws, and the Law of procedures.