It is well known worldwide and in our country of the United States of America that if a civilian commits an act of crime, there will be a consequence to pay. The type of crime that a civilian commit will determine the type of consequence the civilian will have to pay. Most of the consequences here in the United States are tolerable, either by being punished in prison, pay a fine, or the worst one being the death penalty. Now if we take it back to the Babylon King Hammurabi era, they perceived justice in a different way from todays laws and criminal procedures. A phrase mentioned in the code of Hammurabi states, “If a man has destroyed the eye of another free man, his own eye shall be destroyed…”. This law helps determine that these people’s
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For instance, under Hammurabi’s, “Marriage and the Family”, code number 137. It’s described as if a husband were to divorce his wife, but the couple has children, he is entitled to give the wife back her dowry. The wife will also receive property, and anything needed in order to raise the child. Laws here in the United States, also state that the father as well as the mother need to provide for their child. If both parents have enough properties to claim, then the law will determine who gets to keep what. Sort of goes what King Hammurabi interpretation on his views on Marriage and Family. Another of Hammurabi’s laws say, “If the wife of a man found lying with another male, they shall be bound and thrown into the water. If the husband lets his wife live, then the king shall let his servant live…”. Interpreting this law, I believe it is unlikely that the authorities resorted to such an extreme punishment. Hammurabi might have written such harsh law in order to scare the wives and discourage them from having …show more content…
Knowing that these laws made a crucial role in the Babylon society, it can be distinguished that justice played the most important factor in their society. No one was able to not go through their contracts or fail in returning their promises because they were required to obey the rules. Since the laws were very harsh, it made the citiznes be more aware of what they were doing. The number of people commiting crime would have dropped rapidly due to the fact that everyone was afraid of getting caught and punished. Making it believe that the codes of Hammurabi were able to bring peace to this society. The Hammurabi codes also had some weaknesses, yes it had contributed many advantages to their society but the negative side was how both the accuser and wrong duer suffered together making it an injustice. For example, between the case of the slave and the master. The master can easily pay the slave in order for the slave to say nothing. Making the codes a not guaranteed hundred percent justice to the slave, showing no mercy towards the wrong duer. Without doubt, the King did find a way to promote justice, yet it all depended on the statuses of the citizens. If all citizens of the Bablylon empire were of the same social status then that will take a complete different toll on the laws. The intentions of
For instance, under Hammurabi’s, “Marriage and the Family”, code number 137. It’s described as if a husband were to divorce his wife, but the couple has children, he is entitled to give the wife back her dowry. The wife will also receive property, and anything needed in order to raise the child. Laws here in the United States, also state that the father as well as the mother need to provide for their child. If both parents have enough properties to claim, then the law will determine who gets to keep what. Sort of goes what King Hammurabi interpretation on his views on Marriage and Family. Another of Hammurabi’s laws say, “If the wife of a man found lying with another male, they shall be bound and thrown into the water. If the husband lets his wife live, then the king shall let his servant live…”. Interpreting this law, I believe it is unlikely that the authorities resorted to such an extreme punishment. Hammurabi might have written such harsh law in order to scare the wives and discourage them from having …show more content…
Knowing that these laws made a crucial role in the Babylon society, it can be distinguished that justice played the most important factor in their society. No one was able to not go through their contracts or fail in returning their promises because they were required to obey the rules. Since the laws were very harsh, it made the citiznes be more aware of what they were doing. The number of people commiting crime would have dropped rapidly due to the fact that everyone was afraid of getting caught and punished. Making it believe that the codes of Hammurabi were able to bring peace to this society. The Hammurabi codes also had some weaknesses, yes it had contributed many advantages to their society but the negative side was how both the accuser and wrong duer suffered together making it an injustice. For example, between the case of the slave and the master. The master can easily pay the slave in order for the slave to say nothing. Making the codes a not guaranteed hundred percent justice to the slave, showing no mercy towards the wrong duer. Without doubt, the King did find a way to promote justice, yet it all depended on the statuses of the citizens. If all citizens of the Bablylon empire were of the same social status then that will take a complete different toll on the laws. The intentions of