Hammurabi was a king in Mesopotamia with laws that he created that you didn’t want to break. All together Hammurabi had 282 laws in total and if you broke them the punishments were harsh . Hammurabi got his laws from the god of justice-Shamash and were wrote on a stele with their writing called “Cuneiform” (BGE Doc A). Hammurabi’s Code: Was It Just? Hammurabi’s code was not just because of its family law, property law and personal injury law that he created with the god of justice.
Hammurabi’s family law is not just because of what the punishments were. In Hammurabi’s first section of laws it had 4 laws total. One of the laws is if a lady is found with another man then they tie them together and throw them into the water. The other three laws have punishments like getting your hands cut off if you strike your father, another is you can disinherit …show more content…
Property law also has 5 laws. Law 21 says if you break into a house you either get put to death, pierced or hung where you broke into. In today’s society you would be caught and put into jail. Law 23 is if the robber isn’t caught the person who got robbed says what they lost and gets it back from the city. This isn’t fair because it isn’t the original piece so if it's really special it won’t mean anything to you when you get the new one. Law 48 says if a creditor lends someone money for crops and a storm comes and washes all the crops away the creditor doesn’t get its money back. This isn’t fair to the creditor because you lose money. Laws 53 and 54 state if you have an irrigation ditch and you ruin someone's field you have to pay them back. This is the same as the other law but one is better than the other because you get paid (Doc D). Altogether these laws are not just because they're not realistic. There not realistic because you wouldn’t be hung you would be in jail and if your crops are washed the creditor should get its money. Property law is not
Hammurabi’s family law is not just because of what the punishments were. In Hammurabi’s first section of laws it had 4 laws total. One of the laws is if a lady is found with another man then they tie them together and throw them into the water. The other three laws have punishments like getting your hands cut off if you strike your father, another is you can disinherit …show more content…
Property law also has 5 laws. Law 21 says if you break into a house you either get put to death, pierced or hung where you broke into. In today’s society you would be caught and put into jail. Law 23 is if the robber isn’t caught the person who got robbed says what they lost and gets it back from the city. This isn’t fair because it isn’t the original piece so if it's really special it won’t mean anything to you when you get the new one. Law 48 says if a creditor lends someone money for crops and a storm comes and washes all the crops away the creditor doesn’t get its money back. This isn’t fair to the creditor because you lose money. Laws 53 and 54 state if you have an irrigation ditch and you ruin someone's field you have to pay them back. This is the same as the other law but one is better than the other because you get paid (Doc D). Altogether these laws are not just because they're not realistic. There not realistic because you wouldn’t be hung you would be in jail and if your crops are washed the creditor should get its money. Property law is not