Part II: Finish the Law... As Hammurabi Would

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Part II: Finish the Law... As Hammurabi Would

The laws Hammurabi wrote for his empire were based on his people’s belief in lex talionis, a “life for a life.” While the modern legal system is in part influenced by ancient laws, such as Hammurabi’s Code, it is much different. Imagine living in a current society that applied Hammurabi’s Code to everyday problems. 

Each of the statements below describes a situation in which one person injures another. Finish the statement as Hammurabi would, by creating a law describing what should happen to the person who caused the injury.Your laws should be fair as the wrongdoer should be punished. The injured person should feel that justice has been done, that he or she has received an “eye for an eye”.

1. If one boy tears another boy’s shirt in a fight, then...

2. If a girl kicks a soccer ball through a neighbor’s window and the flying glass cuts the neighbor’s arm, then...

3. If a boy tells a lie about his sister and, because of that lie, their parents punish the girl by taking away a month’s allowance, then...

4. If a babysitter leaves a young child alone in the living room for a long time and the child breaks an expensive TV, then...

5. If a girl has no car and borrows one from a friend, and because she is careless, runs into a tree, then...

6. If a boy cheats on a test and gets an “A,” then...

7. If a young boy is killed in a car accident because the driver failed to see him chase a ball into the street, then...

Part III: Revising Hammurabi’s Code for Modern Times

Hammurabi’s Code is historically important, as it is the first known written set of laws adopted and followed by a society. While ancient Babylonians and current Americans share many of the same types of problems, the way their respective legal systems addresses these problems differs greatly. For each of the following laws found in Code of Hammurabi, write a response describing how the US legal system would address the situation.

1. If a man is married and his wife becomes ill, he may marry a second wife. However, he may not divorce his first wife, who should live in his home and be supported by him until he dies.

2. If a man adopted an infant as a son and raised him and later has children of his own and wants to disown his adopted son, he must first give his adopted son one-third of the possessions (wealth) of his biological son.

3. If a man destroyed the eye of a free man, his own eye should be destroyed.

4. If a doctor operates on a man for a severe wound or a tremor and causes the man to die, his hands shall be cut off.

5. If a man opens his irrigation ditch and through negligence, it floods his neighbor’s field, he shall pay his neighbor in corn according to how much he would have raised.

6. If a man breaks into a house, he should be killed.

7. If a man steals an ox, sheep, donkey, pig, or goat, he must pay 10 times the worth. If the thief has nothing to pay, he shall be killed.

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