Hammurabi's Code Was Unjust
Hammurabi’s Code was Unjust
CURSED!! That’s what happens when you change Hammurabi’s laws. When Hammurabi was king 4000 years ago he established a series of 282 laws. He wrote these laws on his 38th year of ruling. These rules are unfair just like putting an innocent man behind bars. Hammurabi’s code are unjust because of it's family law, property law, and personal injury law. In addition, injustice is found in law's 48, 53, and 54 in the area of property law. For example, “If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and storm has flooded...not have to pay his creditor.” Furthermore, “If a man has opened a trench for irrigation and the waters have flooded the neighbor's field...restore..caused to be lost.” These examples show that laws are unjust because the storm was not caused by the creditor and the neighbor should be more careful where he has his crops. Moreover, the family law can also be found unjust. There are many laws in this section that can be found awful to some people. That is to say, a man should tie up his wife and drown her if she is caught with another man. Second in Hammurabi’s view, “If a son has struck his father, his hands should be cut off.” These rules are proven to be unfair because because if a married lady is …show more content…
This is because these laws are the most ungrateful. They are the laws that include the most violence. Hammurabi claims, “ 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 of silver...” Furthermore Hammurabi asserts, “ If he has struck the slave-girl of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 2 shekels of silver.” This shows that king Hammurabi’s code was unfair because it demonstrates that the daughter has more value and they care more about her than a slave but they both should have the same value since they are both humans like everybody
CURSED!! That’s what happens when you change Hammurabi’s laws. When Hammurabi was king 4000 years ago he established a series of 282 laws. He wrote these laws on his 38th year of ruling. These rules are unfair just like putting an innocent man behind bars. Hammurabi’s code are unjust because of it's family law, property law, and personal injury law. In addition, injustice is found in law's 48, 53, and 54 in the area of property law. For example, “If a man has borrowed money to plant his fields and storm has flooded...not have to pay his creditor.” Furthermore, “If a man has opened a trench for irrigation and the waters have flooded the neighbor's field...restore..caused to be lost.” These examples show that laws are unjust because the storm was not caused by the creditor and the neighbor should be more careful where he has his crops. Moreover, the family law can also be found unjust. There are many laws in this section that can be found awful to some people. That is to say, a man should tie up his wife and drown her if she is caught with another man. Second in Hammurabi’s view, “If a son has struck his father, his hands should be cut off.” These rules are proven to be unfair because because if a married lady is …show more content…
This is because these laws are the most ungrateful. They are the laws that include the most violence. Hammurabi claims, “ 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 of silver...” Furthermore Hammurabi asserts, “ If he has struck the slave-girl of a free man and causes her to lose the fruit of her womb, he shall pay 2 shekels of silver.” This shows that king Hammurabi’s code was unfair because it demonstrates that the daughter has more value and they care more about her than a slave but they both should have the same value since they are both humans like everybody