Compare And Contrast Magna Carta And Hammurabi Code Of Laws

First, the Magna Carta is a legal document that was written in 1215. It was written to acknowledge the carelessness of the kings doing in England to abuse his power while watching the other English people suffer, and to enforce a set of rules that everyone, including himself, would have to follow.

Dating back to about 1772 BCE the Amorite King Hammurabi issued a set of laws after conquering Mesopotamia, by the name of law codes of Hammurabi ( Hammurabi S2). It was to place boundaries and penalties on people due to their choice of action. Hammurabi did it in order to “cause justice to prevail in the land” and to “further the welfare of the people which supports that idea (Hammurabi S2). Just like the Magna Carta the Hammurabi law codes were

The Magna Carta is like a modern day set of laws and it is more understanding and fair to the people unlike the Hammurabi’s code. In the Hammurabi’s code the punishment for a crime is more brutal, but clearly stated, either a person would be fined or killed, such as in clause 198 says that, “if he destroy the eye of a common man or break a bone of a common man, he shall pay one mina of silver” , and also in clause 3 that says, “if a man should do one such crime they would be put to death.” On the other hand, in the Magna Carta the punishment that will be in place is not clearly stated, like in clause 28 it reads, “ No constable or other royal official shall take corn or other movable goods from any man without immediate payment, unless the seller voluntarily offers postponement of this.” We can conclude that a punishment will be enforced, but it doesn’t tell us exactly what punishment would follow if someone was to do it. From the Hammurabi’s and Magna Carta quote we infer that they both create a sense of loyalty because it is saying that you cannot harm another person, or take anything from them without having to pay a fine or be

After reading the “Art of War” we see a good leader should respect his people and by doing so, they would respect him in return. Sun Tzu also tells us that a good leader should “give consistent and effective orders in order to create a mutual trust” (Page 22). After reading the Art of War and seeing what makes up a good leader we can now relate Sun Tzu views to the Magna Carta. In the Magna Carta the King and a few people with higher power in England were being greedy and taking advantage of the others. We know this because in clauses 30 and 31 it says that “no sheriff, royal official, or other person shall take horses or carts for transport from any free man, without his consent” and “neither we nor any royal office will take wood for our castle, or for any other purpose, without the consent of the owner.”A leader should create a mutual trust and the people in England were not able to have that trust with their leaders due to their king doing things like paying off justice, taking their property, or holding people in prison without a trial or specific reason which is being stated in clauses 39 and 40 which says, “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in anyway, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.” Which supports the act of