Hammurabi’s Code Of Laws

example of this is his first law which imbeds slander. It states,”If anyone ensnare another,

putting a ban upon them, but he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to

death,” compared with today’s punishment of the same crime this seems a little extreme.

Death is punishment for most every crime imaginable in Hammurabi’s time, but I suppose

if people are scared to death, they are less likely to do something wrong. I dont know

what people thought of these laws back then, but I can guarantee that they didn’t tell him

about it. These Code of Laws never gave any person whom committed a crime a second

chance, which also refers to not being able to prove the charge, for example “If anyone

brings an accusation of any crime before the elders and does prove what he was charged,

he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death. The word put do death was

used in about 94 % of his laws. It seems he used it to give people a fair warning, but

written laws were unequal and unfair.

belong to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a

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