Most laws are suppose to be fair but not Hammurabi's laws. People had to follow 282 unjust laws and if they did not follow them they had to serve a harsh punishment. About 4,000 years ago a king by the name of Hammurabi ruled the land of Babylon. He created 282 laws so that everyone in the city state could be equal, but maybe they were just then, but are they just now? Was Hammurabi's code of laws fair to all people? Hammurabi created 282 unjust laws based on personal injury law, property law, and family law.
His first law was the personal injury law. It may seem as if Hammurabi's code of personal injury law was just but actually it is not. In law 196 document E it states that, ¨ If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out.¨ Another example is in law 209 document E, ¨ If a man strikes the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 10 shekels.¨ Some people may claim that Hammurabi's code of personal injury law was just, but actually it was not just. For
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In law 195 document C it claims that, ¨ If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off.¨ Going on, law 129 document C states that, ”If a married lady is caught [ in adultery ] with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water. ¨ It would be easy to believe that Hammurabi's code of family law is just but actually it is not just. Law 129 is unjust because if a married lady cheats on her husband she gets thrown into the water but, if a man cheats nothing happens. This shows that back then men and women did not have equal rights. Lastly law 195 is unjust because the son does not get a warning if he hits his dad he just has to know not to do that and that is unjust because little kids do not know better. To wrap it up Hammurabi's code of family law is