Hammurabi's Code: Just or Unjust Essay

Hammurabi’s code: Was it Just? If your car was stolen and wrecked by a guy, you should get a new car and he shall be put to death in the car that he stole. Hammurabi, the King of Babylon, ruled part of Mesopotamia. He was given laws from shamash to put to order on the land he was ruling. The question I am going to answer is, Was hammurabi’s code just or unjust? The question is saying were the laws fair or not. I think the laws are unfair, so I will discuss how they are unfair. I will discuss

Hammurabi's Code Was It Just, No. Ill bound you with him and throw you in the water. Hammurabi's code is unjust. Unjust means not fair. I have some facts for you to backup my theory. If married women is caught in adultery with another man they shall be binded together and thrown into the water to die together. This states if a married woman is caught with another man “Hanging out” then they are going to die together. I believe this is unjust because today people do that and don't die because they

right to freedom. Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because his laws were overly harsh, as some even involved death. In his (personal injury) laws, value depended on social class which was absolute injustice. Hammurabi ruled for 42 years and lived 40 centuries ago; he wrote the Code in 1754 BCE (the 38th year of his rule) in Babylon on a large, pillar-like stone called a stele. He took power in 1792 BCE and had created 282 laws (Roden & Brady, 2013). Hammurabi’s purpose of writing the Code was to bring peace

Take Hammurabi’s Code for example. Hammurabi’s codes were 282 laws carved into several pillars of stone (doc A). If any of his laws were broken, the violators were subjected to cruel, unusual punishments. The slightest of misdemeanors, were punishable by publicly demeaning them. In present times his codes would considered unjust and cruel. However, in ancient times these laws were deemed appropriate as well as just. Today’s society would find Hammurabi’s Code and its punishment to be unjust. Laws

000,000 people. We don’t know much about Hammurabi's life. The only things we do know about Hammurabi was that he had a military campaign and dealings with surrounding city-states. Hammurabi made 282 laws, called the code of laws. All 282 laws were carved on a large pillar-like stone called a stele. Was Hammurabis code just? Hammurabi's code was not just because it was not fair in Family law, Property law, and in Personal injury law. (BGE) Hammurabi's code is unfair in Family law. If a married woman

Cohort: LMU Question: Hammurabi’s Code: Was it just? are Babylon laws fair ? Hey do you wonder if Hammurabi codes are just or unjust? Hammurabi is a king of Babylon a Mesopotamian city. He ruled it for 42 years! So that is 1792-1750 B.C.E and he is famous for one thing… And that is the FIRST written LAWS! They are called Hammurabi’s code and they have 282 of these things and that is not a lot to think about like today we have more than thousands so that is a lot but the codes themselves are the

Hammurabi’s unjust and just code Hammurabi’s codes were not just, they were unfair. Code Epilogue, says “If he destroys the law which I have given may great gods and earth curse upon his family.” Which means he is saying if the new ruler does not use his rules he will curse basically everyone in his life. This quote demonstrates that Hammurabi’s codes were unjust because as the new king he shall be able to make his own rules, his family does not have anything to do with it so why punish them

the exact opposite. Hammurabi laws were sexist and discriminatory, they were too harsh and all these laws were build on a lie to delude and trick his people into abiding by his rules. So the question is was Hammurabis code just or unjust. Reason one why Hammurabi's code is unjust is because it was sexist and did not have equal rights. In document C, the law 129 says “If a married lady is with another man, they shall blind them and cast them into the water”. This shows us that women in the eyes of

that lived 4,000 years ago. Hammurabi had ruled for 42 years when he was alive. He wrote this code in a Journal entry form. 3 social classes divided the population. They were Landowners, people who don't own land, and slaves. People may feel that Hammurabi’s code was just, however, I think it isn't just. Law 195 states that if a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off. One way it's unjust is because that if he cuts his hands off then his dad will have to do all the yard work on his

was 1707 B.C.E. and ended in 1750 B.C.E. He ruled babylon and created the first ever written laws. He made the laws and he made 282 of them! The laws are called Hammurabi’s code. Mostly if you disobeyed the code you will die or get punished for your actions even if you make a mistake. He was born in the year 1811 B.C.E. Were Hammurabi's laws fair to everyone in Babylonia? No the laws were not fair for everyone in Babylonia because if you make a