Hammurabi's Code Did Not Provide Justice

Hammurabi’s law code did not provide justice. Hammurabi’s law code did not provide justice because his laws didn’t make sense or were unfair. The laws he made were laws that would be painful and harsh. Hammurabi made these laws so that other people would see the consequences of what would happen if you break the rules. Hammurabi should have let some other people decide the rules with him. In Hammurabi’s code #1 it states that if you jump in the river and you drown, you are proved guilty. This law proves that Hammurabi’s code did not provide justice because the law is unfair, water shouldn’t be the one to prove if you are innocent or guilty. Additionally, Hammurabi’s code #6 states that a boy shouldn’t slap his father or else he would get his