Hammurabi's Code
What is another name for the Hammurabi's code?
An Eye For an Eye/
What law system did Babylonians use?
The Code of Hammurabi was one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes and was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C.
How did the law protect the citizens of the Babylonian Empire?
Laws said as long as citizens followed the laws, they would be protected by the government.
Why is Hammurabi remembered?
Because his law code was one of the first.
If any one open his ditches to water his crop and floods the fields of his neighbor.....
He shall pay their neighbour for the corn.
What is the most common punishment for breaking the law?
Probation, the most frequently used criminal sanction, is a sentence that an offender serves in the community in lieu of incarceration.
Is Hammurabi's code still used today?
Elements of legal thinking present in Hammurabi's time still exist today.
If a man adopt a child and rear him...
He cannot be demanded back again.
Was the Hammurabi code effective?
If one person accuses the other, the accused has to...
Jump into the river.
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.
What impact did the Code of Hammurabi have on world cultures?
The codes have served as a model for establishing justice in other cultures.