Hammurabi’s Code Was It Just? Hammurabi’s code was just because of his personal injury laws. My first piece of evidence that his personal injury laws were just is that he says in doc B that he will protect the weak. He says Hammurabi the protecting king am I. That the strong might not injure the weak in order to protect the widows and orphans. So he is saying he wants to protect the weak. Also most pharos back then did not care about the weak most of them only cared about the wealthy. Another piece of evidence that could be used to show that he is just is if a man strikes the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose her baby he will have to pay 10 shekels of silver and if the man does the same thing to a slave he will have to pay 2 shekels