Hammurabi Hammurabi was a great leader for the Babylonians and ruled for 42 years. He created his 282 laws, which were the first great written laws. Hammurabi lived about 40 centuries ago in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was the ancient name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Hammurabi ruled about 1,000,000 people in his empire (BGE). Was Hammurabi’s code just? Hammurabi’s code was just because of its family laws, property laws, and personal-injury laws. The family laws in Hammurabi’s code were just and fair. In law number 129 it states: “If a married lady is caught [in adultery] with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water.”(Doc C). That is fair so then the people who did it learn their lesson and other people won’t do it. In law 195 it states: “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off.”(Doc C). That law is fair because it is really bad to hit your father and they punish the boy for doing that. Both of those laws are very fair and just because they make people learn their lesson and they punish people for doing wrong and not obeying the law. Those laws couldn’t be more fair.
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In law 48 it states: “If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop, … in that year he does not have to pay his creditor.”(Doc D). That law is just because the creditor gets his money back eventually and the farmer gets that money to increase how good his crops are. Law numbers 53,54 state: “If a man has opened his trench for and the waters have flooded his neighbor’s field, the man must restore the crop he has caused to be lost.”(Doc D). Those laws are just because the man who caused the flood should pay for the damages because it is his fault. All of those laws are fair because everyone in the situation has a punishment fair to them. These laws are very
In law 48 it states: “If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop, … in that year he does not have to pay his creditor.”(Doc D). That law is just because the creditor gets his money back eventually and the farmer gets that money to increase how good his crops are. Law numbers 53,54 state: “If a man has opened his trench for and the waters have flooded his neighbor’s field, the man must restore the crop he has caused to be lost.”(Doc D). Those laws are just because the man who caused the flood should pay for the damages because it is his fault. All of those laws are fair because everyone in the situation has a punishment fair to them. These laws are very