What Is Hammurabi's Strict Laws

Decent Essays
Hammurabi made sure that there were strict laws for governing their established judicial system. For an example, if one person were to accuse someone to be put in the penalty of death, then the accuser would be put to death if the case was proven flase. There were also very strict penalities if a person commits robberies and other lower crimes. There were also rules and regulations regarding personal injuries and the consumer’s protection to take care of the basic wellfare of society. For example, if a physician cured a man of a sore then he was to be paid 10 silver

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Another major development from Mesopotamian society was the first legal system based on justice and a code of rules called Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi’s code was a system of harsh laws using the concept of judges to resolve disputes that dealt with everything from commerce to property to family. The code varied based on a person’s social position, i.e. no equality before the law, and used punishment to fit the crime. Individuals represented themselves where fair trials were assured and the innocent had protections. It was used by the Babylonians with origins developed from the Sumerians.…

    • 841 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Hammurabi was a king and wrote a code which included 282 Laws which was not fair and ruled Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago. Hammurabi's Code was not just because it hurt the family, in negatively affected personal property, and was not fair against personal injury. To begin, Hammurabi's code hurt the family. For example, In Document C it says that if a woman who married and is caught adultery they shall bind them in the water.…

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Hammurabi Code Dbq

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Hammurabi's code was put in ruling in 1750B.C.E. He ruled in Ancient babylonia know now as Irack. His code of laws was a very harsh and unforgiving code of laws. It was the worst to women thought. Sometimes the punishment was worst than the crime itself. Hameribes cobe was a very unfair law.…

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hammurabi DBQ

    • 357 Words
    • 2 Pages

    So in consideration to that, what were these laws like are they fair or unjust. Hammurabi's code of laws is unjust because, the punishments are too harsh. They were too harsh by in code 129 if a lady was caught in adultery, she would be thrown into the water and drowned(Doc C). That is a little intentional to throw a woman in the water and drowned her…

    • 357 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hammurabi Dbq Analysis

    • 670 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Hammurabi's code was just in of family laws,property laws,and personal laws. The Family law in Hammurabi's code were justified and provided the right punishments because they were fair. In law 129,it says¨ if a married woman is caught in [adultery] with another man, they shall…

    • 670 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hammurabi DBQ

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages

    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.…

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    They kept everyone from misbehaving and if someone did misbehave their punishment was very serious. Hammurabi’s Code is a list of organized laws made up by King Hammurabi. It contained over 282 laws. Hammurabi was a ruler of Babylonia from about 1792 - 1750 B.C. The laws were based off an “Eye for an Eye,” so that the punishment matched the crime.…

    • 456 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    King Hammurabi DBQ

    • 542 Words
    • 3 Pages

    These laws were not just because, people may be putting their lives at death situation for screwing up or messing up. Especially Family, Property, and Personal Injury Laws. The Family Laws that Hammurabi made were unfair for many different reasons. Like the fact how he said that he was going to protect and help everyone (Doc A) but it ends up saying that if a child strikes his father, he gets his hands cut off.…

    • 542 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Hammurabi’s code of laws were seen differently thousands of years ago, opposed to how we see them today. Speaking in an 18th century BCE state of mind, I would say that the laws he established were just. I believe this because in the epilogue, Hammurabi says that as king it is his responsibility to protect his subjects and in my eyes, he does that by enforcing these laws, which makes them just. One of my reasons for believing that his laws were just can be found in Document C which pertains to the laws focused on family. Specifically, Law 168 in which it states that “If a man has determined to disinherit his son and has declared before the judge, ‘I cut off my son,’ the judge shall inquire into the son’s past, and, if the son has not committed a grave misdemeanor…, the father shall not disinherit his son.”…

    • 591 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    King Hammurabi Dbq Essay

    • 388 Words
    • 2 Pages

    For instance, in Document D, Law 21 says that if a man has broken through the wall of a house to rob it, he has to hang in the hole he has made until he dies. Also, in Document D, Law 23 says that if the robber is not caught, the victim will get the whole territory to pay for the lost items. According to Law 21, Hammurabi wanted fair punishments for all. This is important because Hammurabi took care of people’s property by getting the whole community to help restore items.…

    • 388 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Hammurabi Dbq

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Hammurabi made a set of laws known as Hammurabi’s Code of Laws. Hammurabi's code was supposed to “encourage people to live as peaceful, responsible citizens.” (Laws). and to lower crime rates. Sounds like a good idea, right?…

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Essay On Hammurabi Laws

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Hammurabi's code of laws centered around the idea "an eye for an eye." For example, many of his laws were punishable by death; if a man builds a house badly, and it falls and kills the owner, the builder is to be slain. If the owner's son was killed, then the builder's son is slain. (Horne). In today's society, our penalties are not as severe than before.…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It is known that we get many of our laws from the Greeks. What is lesser known is that the Greeks got many of their laws from the “Code of Hammurabi”. Hammurabi was a great king, a fantastic conqueror, and an exemplary law enforcer. He improved the city-state of Babylonia by repairing temples, building new walls, and digging new canals. He expanded Babylonia and united all of southern Mesopotamia.…

    • 942 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Some of the laws had very cruel punishments like cutting hands off and cutting eyes out. So i believe that hammurabi's laws were…

    • 471 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    First of all, Hammurabi’s code is just because of the laws regarding property. For example, according to document D, law 21 it states that if a man is caught robbing someone, he shall be punished. This is just because if you were robbed you would want some sort of justice for it. Also, according to document D, law 53 it states that if a man has opened an irrigation channel and ruins his neighbors crops, he shall restore the damaged…

    • 488 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays