Was Hammurabi's Code Fair To All The People In Babylon?

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Can you imagine accidentally taking something from a seller and getting the death penalty for an honest mistake! Well you better believe because this was just one one of hammurabi's 282 rules. About 40 centuries ago a set of laws called Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi ruled the babylonian Empire With a population of 1,000,000 people for 42 years after his father’s death. But not all his codes were fair to all of the people in his Empire.
Was Hammurabi’s code fair to all the people in Babylon?
The three areas of law are property law, family law, and personal injury law.

Examples of injustice can first be found in the area of family law. First, Law 129 if a woman who is married is with a man they will be thrown in the water tied together. Second

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