...Hammurabi’s code Hammurabi’s code hurts innocent people instead of protecting them from harm. Hammurabi is the king of Babylonia and ruled Babylonia for 42 years. Hammurabi has also constructed 282 laws for his subjects of Babylonia and wrote them on Steele's and called them Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi made these laws to protect his subjects mostly women and children that were weak and could not defend for themselves but that is not the case. Hammurabi's code does not help the innocent at all this code just hurts the innocent so leading to conclusion, Hammurabi’s code is not just.As wee look into the family laws and Property laws it can be proven that Hammurabi’s code wasn’t just Hammurabi’s code is unjust and can be found in the family...
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...Babylon the question developed the fairness of Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi was a ruler of Babylon and he developed many laws that the three classifications had to follow. About 40 centuries ago he ruled for about 42 years. He also had a set of 282 laws. A careful review of the relevant documents indicate the three classes of people; the law breaker, the victim, and society as a whole. Therefore, Hammurabi’s code was both just and unjust to the lawbreaker, victim, and society. Firstly, Hammurabi’s code is both just and unjust to the law breaker. The laws 53 and 54 are just for the law breaker because a man who damages his neighbor’s field is required to compensate his neighbor for the damage he has caused. Additionally, law 148 is also just because it allows a man to take a second wife if his first wife was seized by a disease. The reason for this is because he is able to have a second wife and the ability to raise a family. To demonstrate the unjustness of Hammurabi’s code for the law breaker an analysis of laws 129 and 195 is relevant. Law 129 was unjust to the law breaker because the punishment is death for an adulterous affair is too severe. Additionally, law 195 is also unjust because is a son struck his father his hands would be cut off and that’s too harsh. Therefore, Hammurabi’s code is...
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...According to Hammurabi’s code a father can choose to disinherit his son. Now what even is Hammurabi’s code is the question. Hammurabi’s code is the first ever set of laws made over 4,000 years ago and it is important because it helped shape our laws we have today. These laws were made to protect the weak. I believe that Hammurabi’s code is unjust because people did not get to help make the laws or give idea’s, laws were different for different genders, and laws depended on your social class. These laws need to be the same for everyone because laws impact all people that live...
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...Hammurabi's code was unjust because of it's family laws.A good example of how Hammurabi's code was unjust is law 129 (Doc C). In Law 129 it states ¨If a married lady is caught (in adultery) with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water.¨ This means the married lady and the man she is having an affair with will be tied together and thrown into water to drown. In the end two people will have lost their lives to this law. This punishment is too harsh, if a wife does not want to confront her husband and divorce because it will hurt his feelings she would have to hide her affair with another man. What if they weren't having an affair and someone saw them and thought they were. The woman cannot divorce, only men could and it...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This quote could be said to be true for many empires throughout history. An example of this would be Hammurabi’s code when he ruled over the Babylonian empire. He was the sixth king of Babylon and ruled from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. What Hammurabi was really known for though was his code, which was one of the first known set of laws created in order to bring justice to the land. But were his laws actually fair? Hammurabi’s code was unjust because lots of the laws involved cruel and unusual punishments. This can be proven in three paragraphs, each describing a different category of Hammurabi’s code. The first category that shows how Hammurabi’s laws were unjust...
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...Studies 7 21 October, 2016 Hammurabi’s Unjust Laws I don’t think that Hammurabi’s laws are just. There are many cruel punishments, and I don’t think that cruelty is always the best teaching method. The evidence that I will use are from the Family laws, Property laws, and Personal Injury laws. Read in to read why I think Hammurabi's code is unjust. In the family laws, there is a law that states that if son strikes his father, he shall get his hands chopped off. I don’t think that this is very just, because if the son has not hit him but the father lies and said he did, they are still chopped.You might wonder why a father would report being hit, but one reason is that if a father didn’t have the money to care for the boy anymore, and he hasn’t been a big trouble so he couldn’t disinherit him, so if he “hits” him he can be disinherited. Which leads to another unjust law. A father can disinherit his son if he has created a grave misdemeanor. I don’t think that a father should be allowed to do this if the son is under 18 or can’t read. I feel this way because i think if he has broken the law, that it is the father’s fault because he has not taught...
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...Who was Hammurabi? Hammurabi was the first Dynasty King of Babylon, which is a city-state in Iraq. Hammurabi was the king of Babylon for 42 years. He made many laws that are still used today in some places. The laws are known as “Hammurabi’s Code.” I believe that some of Hammurabi’s Code is unjust. First off some of the laws are too extreme for the crime, such as Law 21. Law 21 states, “If a man has broken through the wall [to rob] a house, they shall put him to death and pierce him, or hang him in the hole in the wall which he has made.’’ (Excerpts from Hammurabi’s Code, circa 1754 BCE) Just because someone steals something doesn’t mean that they should die. Today people might accidentally steal something small and not return...
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...against you. The judge decides to cut your hands off for falsely accusing someone while the thief gets away scot-free. I bet you’re thinking that it would be totally unfair to get your hands cut off while a thief gets away with stealing your wallet, just because you thought someone else stole it, then you are completely correct. However, if you lived during Hammurabi’s rule, then this situation might have actually happened. Hammurabi was an ancient king who ruled a small city-state in Mesopotamia, called Babylonia. Hammurabi ruled for 42 years from 1834 BCE (Before Common Era) - 1792BCE. Near the end of Hammurabi's of rule, he created a law code which he carved on a large stone column called a stele. Now you know a little background, we can start answering our main question: Was Hammurabi’s Code just? I don’t think so and here are three reasons why. Hammurabi’s Family Law was unjust; this is shown in Law 129 where if a man wants to marry a second wife because his first wife is sick, he could become sick infecting who know how many other people! (Doc C) Or in Law 195 is unfair because the punishment for striking your father is cutting your hands off!(Doc C) What if your father was being really mean and hits you because he was angry at someone else? Sometimes you have to defend...
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... Hammurabi’s Law Code Document Based Question Walking down the street in Babylonia, it was not an uncommon sight to see dead people hanging in the walls of houses. This was one of the many punishments for crime 1754 BCE in Babylon. The laws were written by the king, Hammurabi, who claimed that the laws were given to him by the gods to help protect the weak. “Hammurabi, the protecting king am I…That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans” (Document B) The laws were written...
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...Hammurabi’s Code Hammurabi was the ruler in Mesopotamia around 18th century BCE around Babylonia. His reign lasted for 42 years and one thing Hammurabi was most known for was his 282 set of laws. These laws were written to protect all of the citizens under his rule but the question are the laws just? Hammurabi code was written for the citizens. In Document A, the text says Hammurabi stood with the god, Shamash, and Shamash instructed him on the code. One law states,” If a married lady is caught with another man, they shall be bind and cast into the water.” It’s not fair to kill two people because of one mistake. This could be changed to jail time or payments to the wife’s husband, and not killing two people who have not committed a serious...
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...Decoding Hammurabi’s Code Is Hammurabi’s code just? Some people would say yes, others might say no. For anyone who doesn’t know what Hammurabi’s code is, it is a set of laws given around 1740 BC. and was most likely more of a scare tactic rather than an actual punishment. These laws would remain in place during this time period because the laws covered the accused, victim, and society. Any person accused of some type of crime was given trial. Law 3 states: if any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser. Law 5 says that if any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belonged to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefore; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death. Law 104 states: if a woman quarrel with her husband, and say: “You are not congenial to me,” the reasons for her prejudice must be presented. If she is guiltless, and there is no fault on her part, but he leaves and neglects her, then no guilt attaches to this woman, she shall take down her dowry and go back to her father’s...
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...Hammurabi’s code is just Before we wrote down laws, life in ancient civilization was chaotic. Four thousand years ago King Hammurabi wrote 282 laws to protect people and property in his empire. King Hammurabi was the ruler Babylonia. He created Hammurabi’s Code in 1754 B.C.E.. This was a set of laws written in cuneiform on a stele. Cuneiform is their written language and a stele is a stone slab. Hammurabi’s Code was just. This is because he made sure people got punished for the crimes they committed and that people had protection for their property. He made sure punishments fit the crimes, and punishments for property laws were fair to the victims. He took crimes very seriously. Hammurabi created punishments that fit the crimes people committed. Law 53/54 stated that, if a man flooded his neighbor's field he must replace all damaged crops (Document C). This is just because the perpetrator has to pay for the damage that he caused. This is also fair because the victim gets goods back without having to pay. Having a punishment fit the crime is just because if the crime is really bad then it needs a really harsh punishments so they won’t commit the crime again. If the crime was small than it needs a small...
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...Chapter 1 Who were the first known humans and which time periods/territories did they cover? The earliest human-like creatures were known as hominids and lived in Africa about three or four million years ago. They were known as “southern ape-men”, having flourished in eastern and southern Africa. The Australopithecines were the first hominids that made simple stone tools to hunt or defend themselves, existing about two to four million years ago. These early human-like creatures were bipedal, meaning they walked upright on two legs, enabling them to make journeys on foot. In 1959, a new form of hominid was discovered in Africa labeled the Homo habilis or “handy human”. These hominids were believed to have a brain fifty percent larger than that of the Australopithecines. This allowed them to become more sophisticated in finding food and hunting in Africa. The emergence of the Homo Erectus began about 1.5 million years ago. The Homo Erectus were the first hominid to migrate to Europe and Asia from Africa. Describe the...
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...Capital Punishment Capital punishment has been the center of much controversy dating back to its origins. Although the roots of capital punishment can be traced as far back as the life of Christ, arguments over its effectiveness and morality continue in the midst of its existence today. There are many people who have come up with reasonable arguments for both sides of the issue. Most people who believe that the death penalty is a fair punishment use the argument, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an arm for an arm, a life for a life." Otherwise known as Hamarabi’s Code. While most people who are in opposition use the argument that capital punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment which violates the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution. In the times surrounding the origins of capital punishment, it was used for a wide variety of crimes. Capital punishment can also be found in the Bible. The Bible prescribed the death penalty for crimes such as murder, kidnapping and witchcraft. By 1500 AD, in England, only major felonies carried the death penalty: treason, murder, larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. (Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, 1989) The United States inherited capital punishment from European settlers in the seventeenth century. They promoted the idea that heinous crimes deserved severe punishment. And this is what brought capital punishment to its present standing. In the United States justice system a proportionate punishment is achieved, in the...
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...evaluate Hobbes and Lock’s attempts on human rights. Finally a conclusion will be drawn upon these points to state whether Hobbes or Locke was Successful to justify the existence of human rights or whether there were any flaws in their thinking. “Human rights are the rights that everyone has, and everyone equally, by virtue of their very humanity. They are grounded in an appeal to our human nature.” (R.T Vincent, human rights and international relations, page 13). Human rights are a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human history. They had been intricately tied to the laws, customs and religions throughout the ages. One of the first examples of a codification of laws that contain references to individual rights is the tablet of Hammurabi, which was created 4000 years ago, it is considered barbaric by today's standards, the system of 282 laws created a model for the legal system. This kind of model and legally binding document protects the people from arbitrary persecution and punishment. The problems with Hammurabi's code were mostly due to its cause and effect nature, it held no protection on more abstract ideas such as race, religion, beliefs, and individual freedoms. The doctrine that was re wrote has included all the above aspects in human rights, so one can exercise their religion, belief, freewill e.t.c....
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