Hammurabi Vs. Modern Day Law

Back in the days, during the time of ancient Greece, or as it was so famously called Mesopotamia. There was a king named Hammurabi whom created a set of laws to govern the people. This laws were called the code of Hammurabi. In this essay i am going to be talking about the differences and the similarities between the law of hammurabi and our modern day law. In my view, the difference between hammurabi’s law and the law we use today are; the strictness of hammurabi’s law, the barbaric nature of the law, and the possibility of inheriting another man’s property legally over trial. However they are some similarities between the two different laws. The similarities are; the both set of laws are written laws, both laws punished criminals, both have instructions for police officers, judges, and witnesses to follow. Firstly,

For example, hammurabi’s code number 195 states that “ if a son strikes his father, his hands shall be hewn (cut) off. Or another law of hammurabi which states that if a man kills another man’s son, his son shall be cut off. In today’s society, no such policies exist. This policy is best described as an eye for an eye policy. Which is not in use in today’s society. In today’s society we are not required to take the law into our hands or seek any form of revenge because the person we be charged equally as criminal. A similarity between the two laws is that they are both written laws. therefore, no one can claim that they were not of aware of the law required from its citizens. Hammurabi’s code of law was written in stones and tablets. Today laws are written in a book called the constitution. Which is available to