Why Is Hammurabi Unfair

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Hammurabi’s Code

There are many laws in the world and most of them are fair, but some aren’t as fair, as you would have expected. For example, in Texas, it is illegal to sell your eyeballs, which sounds crazy. But if you compare it to one of Hammurabi’s code, it is nothing as bad. Law 195 states that if a boy hits his father, his hands must be cut off. Even though hitting your dad is bad, the punishment is too harsh. Hammurabi’s code has 282 laws and all of them are cruel and unreasonable.. Hammurabi’s code is unfair because it is too harsh and doesn’t treat people equally. First of all, law 209 states that if a man strikes the daughter of a free man, and the girl loses her baby, he has to pay 10 shekels of silver. Law 213 states that if

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