Would you like a ruler that if you punch your father and having your hands cut off would be your punishment or, if you you knock out an eye of a man, you lose your own eye? Well if not, then you don’t want Hammurabi as your leader. To explain, Hammurabi took the throne from his father after his death, and to control of Babylonian, Mesopotamian. Hammurabi was never knew when he was born or died or if he had wives and children. He was king nearly 4,000 years ago and ruled for 42 years, almost 43. For the first 30 years he only ruled Babylonian but in 3500 BCE sumerians made the first Mesopotamian civilization. He ruled over an estimate of 1,000,000 people and was surrounded by fields of farmland. On his 38th year of his rule, Hammurabi made
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This is also unfair because that is a really extreme punishment, you should at least have a chance to explain yourself. Also if you meet a family member at a place and someone doesn’t know that and tells the. Again, examples of injustice can also be found in the area of property law. First, in Law 28, “If a man has broken through the wall [to rob] a house, they shall be put him to death and pierce him, or hang him in the hole in the wall which he had made,” (Doc D). As, in Law 48, “If a man borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop,... in the year he does not have to pay his creditor,” (Doc D).
Truly, these examples show that Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because In Law 28, If you break into a house, in order to rob, you will be put to death. This means that you don’t get a chance to explain yourself. You could have done this for a reason that should make you innocent, not guilty. Plus this punishment is really harsh, you are just …show more content…
This means that you don’t have to pay back what you burrow. So the person you borrowed from loses money. So not fair! And, examples of injustice can be found in the area of personal injury law. First of all, in Law 215, “If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free man for a serious injury, and has caused his death, … his hands shall be cut off,” (Doc E).
Then, in Law 199, “If he has knocked out the eye of a slave … he shall pay half his value,” (Doc E). In general, examples show that Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because in Law 218, back then if you are trying to save someone and you cause their death, you can’t make anymore mistakes without any hands. But as a surgeon you can’t save everyone, not everyone is perfect. Also technology back then wasn’t as advanced as it is today, so it’s hard to tell if your are losing
This is also unfair because that is a really extreme punishment, you should at least have a chance to explain yourself. Also if you meet a family member at a place and someone doesn’t know that and tells the. Again, examples of injustice can also be found in the area of property law. First, in Law 28, “If a man has broken through the wall [to rob] a house, they shall be put him to death and pierce him, or hang him in the hole in the wall which he had made,” (Doc D). As, in Law 48, “If a man borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his field or carried away the crop,... in the year he does not have to pay his creditor,” (Doc D).
Truly, these examples show that Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because In Law 28, If you break into a house, in order to rob, you will be put to death. This means that you don’t get a chance to explain yourself. You could have done this for a reason that should make you innocent, not guilty. Plus this punishment is really harsh, you are just …show more content…
This means that you don’t have to pay back what you burrow. So the person you borrowed from loses money. So not fair! And, examples of injustice can be found in the area of personal injury law. First of all, in Law 215, “If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free man for a serious injury, and has caused his death, … his hands shall be cut off,” (Doc E).
Then, in Law 199, “If he has knocked out the eye of a slave … he shall pay half his value,” (Doc E). In general, examples show that Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because in Law 218, back then if you are trying to save someone and you cause their death, you can’t make anymore mistakes without any hands. But as a surgeon you can’t save everyone, not everyone is perfect. Also technology back then wasn’t as advanced as it is today, so it’s hard to tell if your are losing