Hammurabi Dbq

The code of Hammurabi is considered as the first formal law in the human history that is recorded to today; this is the first time that the society was ruled under the common law and regulation. The main spirit of this code as be expressed as “revenge theory which is eye for eye. The following debate about the righteous and fairness of this code has been last for very long time since the formation of the law. Some body thinks that is the great creature because these laws created the justice and fairness of the society and improve the stability and prosperity of the society. Some people didn’t agree with this opinion because they think that actually this law is just to enhance and maintain the power of upper and ruling class. Both sides have …show more content…
This part of the code is the argument of the people who disagree with this law because this part of the law make only some part of the society has the right and protection under the law, the slaves on the other hand have no right at all. Admittedly this part of the law did enhance the differences between different social classes, in that time there are three classes in Babylon, the amelu, the muskinu and the ardu. The amelu is the upper class; the muskinu is sort of middle and working class, the amelu is the slaves class, the code totally determined their position into nothing but the property of their masters. However in that time the slaves is like the servant and the currency, they are used to measure the value of labor force, although the slaves was been treat unfairly in that time but the Babylon has already advanced much more than every civilization in the world, we cannot asked too much about the human right based on the history content, the argument is about the level of justice and for the most part they did it by regulating …show more content…
Based on the analysis the law has both positive and negative side, for one hand it made the society has the basic rule for everyone to follow for the first time in human history, on the other hand the law is not very fair and thoughtful and the purpose of this code is mainly for enhance the ruling position of King and upper class, the poor people and slave was didn't benefited or protected. Despite the shortage and unfairness of this rule it is not doubtful that this code made the biggest contribution to the development of human society and the formation of modern day legal system, if without this code today we won’t live under such a thoughtful and power legal protection. From the version of whole history this code did maintain and apply the justice for the long