Hammurabi's Code Dbq Analysis

Examples of __just_________(just/unjust) laws can first be found in the area of Family Law.(family law, property law, personal law). A quotation of Family Law’’if a son has struck his father,his hands

Hammurabi’s code is believed to be the first form of written law. It consists of a set of 282 laws written by Hammurabi, the king of Babylon circa 1792 BCE, that established a written social contract amongst the people of Babylonia. It was written on a stone stele that stands more than eight feet tall and weighs over 4 tons. According to the stele, Hammurabi was instructed to create the code by shamash, the god of justice (doc A). However, it introduces conflicting ideas about justice that are arguable to this day. Are his rules unethical or his punishments too severe? Hammurabi’s code may be seen as unfair by today’s standards, but in solving matters that involve family, property, and injury issues of his time, Hammurabi’s code is just

Three of the documents provided show that Hammurabi’s Code was, in fact, just. The first is Document A, which shows that the god of justice, Shamash, gave the people these laws. If the god of justice gave them these laws then the laws must be just. Document C also shows that these laws are just by protecting the weak. For example, in Law 168: “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 sons past, and, if the son has not committed a grave misdemeanor… the father shall not disinherit his son.” After making this law a man cannot disinherit his son without having a valid reason that is recognized before a judge. This helped to keep the son safe because in the year of 1754 BCE the son would inherit the land and money of the family

Law forty-eight states,” If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and a storm has flooded his

There are many governmental documents in the world, one of them is Hammurabi’s Code. Hammurabi's Code was a series of codes written on a stele by King Hammurabi of Babylonia. The laws were said to be influenced by the gods and everyone had to follow them. But many might ask, was Hammurabi’s Code fair? Hammurabi’s Code was not fair. This is because occupation laws were unjust, laws were extremely different between classes, and laws were different between genders.

For instance, in Document D Law 21 when a man robs and leaves a hole in the house, he would be killed there. Also, in Law 23 if the robber was not found and the person who suffered the robbery received everything that was robbed but, wouldn't everyone else still be at risk of being robbed. According to Document D, all of the punishments are reasonable nevertheless that does not identify as no personal damage done. This is important because if they gave and repaid the people who were affected that does not mean nothing happened.

Hammurabi’s Code shows that when Hammurabi ruled the Empire of Babylon justice was typically just doing what had been done to the victim to the wrong doer. Passages 196 and 197 are perfect examples of this. Passage 196 says if a man destroys another man’s eye,

Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of multiple family laws. Just look at law 148 “If a man takes a wife, and she be seized by disease, if he then desire to take a second wife, he shall not put away his wife, who has been attacked by disease, but he shall keep her in the house which he has built and support her so long as she lives.”(doc C). As she lives Her dying days she would spend them watching her husband be happy with another woman.

Hammurabi's code was just, because it protected people and was fair. For most of the 282 laws in hammurabi's code they were in the best interest of helping and protecting the week, sick, poor, and the vast majority of babylonia. The laws were mostly fair to the people because usually the punishment was something of equal or greater harm than which the crime was committed. The only concern of mine is how harsh some laws were, because the punishment was way worse than the crime, but it was in a good cause so if the punishment was not death that the criminal was taught a good lesson, and if it was death the people didn't have to worry about the criminal that was killed because the criminal would be dead.

Throughout history, humanity has kept itself from barbarity and lawlessness by establishing rules and laws to bring order. The most primitive set of written laws historians have been able to discover is Hammurabi’s Code, which originated in 18th century BCE. Hammurabi, the author of said Code, was a king who ruled over the larger part of Mesopotamia for forty-two years. He claims these laws were handed to him by the gods and, as stated in Document B, meant to “let righteousness go forth in the land.” However, was Hammurabi’s Code really all that fair? In some areas, such as women’s rights, and property law, I’d say the law is more that fair. Nevertheless, other areas, such as the various punishments the law offered, were quite brutal.

To begin with, the family laws in Hammurabi’s code are usually pretty unfair in the way they handle family disputes. One example of this is shown in Law 195 when the Code states, “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off”(Document C). This is unfair because it treats the son as lesser than the father since he gets a worse punishment than the original offense. Which shows that this law is an unbalanced punishment for the offense. Another example of an unfair law pertaining to family manners is when law 168 states, “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”(Document C). This shows how a law can take something that should be decided by an individual, but instead is taken into a decision by the

Hammurabi’s Personal Injury law was unjust because If a man knocked out the eye of a free man, then his eye shall be knocked out. Another reason, If a man strikes the daughter of a free man, and she loses the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 10 shekels of silver. Some people may claim Hammurabi’s code was just but actually it's not just because If a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free men for a serious injury and caused his death, his hands shall be cut off. This is unjust because the surgeon was suppose to help the free man survive not cut his hands off when he is already dead.

If your house was to fall down, should the builder of the house be killed? And if the house was to kill a child, should the builders child be killed? This is one of many of Hammurabi’s laws which are very cruel. Most laws have to do with people being killed or losing body parts. Out of the 282 laws a majority of them put people in much danger. He became a ruler of Babylon around four thousand years ago. He ruled for 42 years. Hammurabi believes the in the laws so much because he received them from the God of Justice. We will be debating if Hammurabi’s laws were “just” which is just another word for fair. So throughout this essay I will be justifying if Hammurabi's laws are fair or not. In the following paragraphs I will be backing up my opinion of Hammurabi’s laws are unfair by looking at some of Hammurabi’s laws.

People often assume that kings always make laws that are right and just for all people, but if that is looked into, is it really true? Not necessarily, at least in the case of Hammurabi’s Code. Hammurabi was a king in Babylon during 1792 BCE who created 282 laws which were printed on a stele. These later became known as Hammurabi’s Code. Hammurabi’s Code was made by King Hammurabi who wanted ultimately to protect the weak- such as widows and orphans- from the strong, and who wanted fairness throughout his lands. So, was Hammurabi’s Code fair to all people? Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of evidence supported by laws about Personal Injury, Property, and Family.

In the Hammurabi Code of Laws, there are laws in which a body part of the suspect’s body is severed or decapitated from their body as a result of their wrongdoings. These laws are usually related to the limbs used to commit the wrongdoings. For example, law 195 “If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be