Ancient Law Codes
Why Laws?
Are laws necessary? Why or why not?
What role do laws and legislation play in
society?
Questions to consider from the reading:
How
are women treated (if at all)?
What
do the law codes tell you about social structure?
Do
you think the law codes are too harsh? Did they need to be so harsh?
Hammurabi and His Law Code
Hammurabi was the most powerful ruler of
Old Babylon
The law code was discovered in 1901
The code (or better, collection) of
Hammurabi:
Strict
justice
Principle
of retaliation— “eye for an eye”
Took
seriously the job of public servants
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