Laws of Hammubari
PART 1:
The first law of the Hammurabi’s Code of Laws, ‘If anyone ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.’ The meaning of this code is that if you accuse someone of a crime you better be able to re-enforce your statement or if you can’t then you will be put to death. The 106th law of the Hammurabi’s Code: ‘If the agent accept money from the merchant, but have a quarrel with the merchant (denying the receipt), then shall the merchant swear before God and witnesses that he has given this money to the agent, and the agent shall pay him three times the sum.’ This basically means that if a person has borrowed money and if the person who borrowed the money decides to deny that he has borrowed any money from the merchant the merchant can swear, to/in front of his god and witness, that he has lent money to the person. After swearing in front of his god and witnesses the merchant is to receive triple the amount that he has lent to the person. Law 22, ‘If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.’ If anyone is seen/caught breaking into another person’s household the thief shall be punished and the punishment is death. Law 2, ‘If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to 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 had 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.’ This law is saying that if anyone accuses someone else and the person being accused leaps into a river. If the person being accused sinks the accuser can take the victims house. But if the person who is accused does not sink/or escapes without a scratch can take possession of the accuser’s house. Law 3, ‘If any one bring an accusation
The first law of the Hammurabi’s Code of Laws, ‘If anyone ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.’ The meaning of this code is that if you accuse someone of a crime you better be able to re-enforce your statement or if you can’t then you will be put to death. The 106th law of the Hammurabi’s Code: ‘If the agent accept money from the merchant, but have a quarrel with the merchant (denying the receipt), then shall the merchant swear before God and witnesses that he has given this money to the agent, and the agent shall pay him three times the sum.’ This basically means that if a person has borrowed money and if the person who borrowed the money decides to deny that he has borrowed any money from the merchant the merchant can swear, to/in front of his god and witness, that he has lent money to the person. After swearing in front of his god and witnesses the merchant is to receive triple the amount that he has lent to the person. Law 22, ‘If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.’ If anyone is seen/caught breaking into another person’s household the thief shall be punished and the punishment is death. Law 2, ‘If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to 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 had 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.’ This law is saying that if anyone accuses someone else and the person being accused leaps into a river. If the person being accused sinks the accuser can take the victims house. But if the person who is accused does not sink/or escapes without a scratch can take possession of the accuser’s house. Law 3, ‘If any one bring an accusation