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Three Main Laws Of Hammurabi Dbq
If you look at the three main laws of Hammurabi’s which: Property law, Family law, and Personal injury law. You can see that they are just, or as i say … Fair! They are fair but, some of them could be a little harsh.

The first law is Family law is where a married woman is caught with another male they shall be bind and cast into the water which means they with have to be tied together and thrown into the ocean or lake. I got this info from Doc. C. I do think it is just because the woman is cheating on her husband with another man it's not fair the husband to be cheated on.

Another other law is Property law, Property law is where if a man's house has been broken into to be robbed and if is not caught the man who has been

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