Justice has been a major subject in many societies. Hammurabi was the king in Ancient Mesopotamia. The Code of Hammurabi is a document dating back around 1750 B.C.E. It dictated the laws that he thought were fair to the society. People considered him as a representative of gods and that these laws were actually from the gods. However, looking deeper into these laws reveal they were biased and sometimes harmful to a particular group. The Code of Hammurabi shows that the slaves were mistreated because they were not as prominent as the freeman. One of the laws of Hammurabi’s code states that “If a man destroy the eye of another man [of equal rank], they shall destroy his eye… If one destroy the eye of a slave of a freeman [i.e. lower
