The Laws That Created The Codes Of Hammurabi

Since the beginning of civilization there have been always laws or codes. They were laws of conducts set by someone with power, mainly by the king. There were three laws or codes that

The king Hammurabi created the Codes of Hammurabi. It consists of 282 laws which each one are mostly disciplinary or penalizing. The laws varies from gender to social class. Also, criminal behavior, slavery, divorce and property rights. If the laws were disobeyed it was already set the brutal punishments or fine that will be implemented. It included many laws that are horrible and dreadful punishments (meaning that death is included for punishment). But it also may be consider as a punishment the same incident that the “lawbreaker” did to its victim or worst. I guess that it all
At marriage womens sexuality become property of her husband. Nevertheless, the Codes of Hammurabi is also known to be one of the earliest example of the belief of innocence. “The compendium is among the earliest legal documents to put forth a doctrine of “innocent until proven guilty.”” (Andrews). Which it surprised me because I didn’t expect that during that period they will care for innocence. It was requested or demanded to have a witness or prove of what happened. Example, the law 10-11 “If the purchaser does not bring the merchant and the witnesses before whom he bought the article, but its owner bring witnesses who identify it, then the buyer is the thief and shall be put to death, and the owner receives the lost article. If the owner do not bring witnesses to identify the lost article, he is an evil-doer, he has traduced, and shall be put to death.” From reviewing the laws or Codes of Hammurabi, I think mostly were fair or equal. Maybe it was too harsh some of them but others made sense. I believe that if this laws were executed nowadays we’ll probably won’t have the same amount