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Example Of Hammurabi's Code

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Name:Eliana lopez
Cohort: CAL
Question: Hammurabi’s Code: Was it just? Hammurabi

Have you ever heard of Hammurabi and his codes?Well Hammurabi was a king of a land between two rivers called Mesopotamia.Hammurabi made codes aka laws like no stealing. The purpose of his “codes” were to keep everyone safe from danger.He laws that involved like “Personal Injury Law, Creation of the codes,Family laws,Property Law.

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Examples of Just laws can first be found in the area of family law. Here is one of the family laws in Mesopotamia.The first example is that “If a married lady is caught cheating with another man, they shall bind and cast them into the water.” If a son has struck his father,his hands shall be cut …show more content…

The purpose of his “codes” were to keep everyone safe from danger.He laws that involved like “Personal Injury Law, Creation of the codes,Family laws,Property Law.

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Examples of Just laws can first be found in the area of family law. Here is one of the family laws in Mesopotamia.The first example is that “If a married lady is caught cheating with another man, they shall bind and cast them into the water.” If a son has struck his father,his hands shall be cut off”. This means the lady and the man she cheated with will get thrown into the water together .This matters because you shouldn’t cheat on someone you are married with. This matters because you will die by drowning. I got this evidence from Doc.C.

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