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The Code of Hammurabi allowed for punishment up to, but not beyond the original offense. So if someone gouged out your eye, you could only, at most, gouge out one of their eyes. It was that severe because there were blood feuds that were even more severe. Before the code, someone who is blinded in one eye might cut out two of the perpetrator's, or worse, seek to wipe out their entire family. So believe it or not, the Code of Hammurabi was an early attempt at due process.
However, the severity of the laws were actually graded by the social class of the victim, meaning that if a doctor were to accidentally kill a rich patient, his hands would be cut off, but if he killed a slave, he'd only be expected to financially compensate the slave owner.
Nearly half of the code involves contractual matters, such as pay rates for various professions.
Here are some of the specific laws:
Slander - If someone says something they cannot prove against the sister of a god or anyone's wife, the judges were to mark his forehead, presumably by cutting or at least shaving out some of his hair.
Stealing - If a robber were caught in the act, they were to be put to death.
Slavery - If someone were to enslave a noble or former slave outside the city gates, they were to be executed.
Divorce - If a woman claims her husband deserted her and there is no fault on her part, then she is allowed to take back her dowry and return to her father's household.
Injury - If someone causes another to lose an eye, they are to lose an eye, and if someone breaks someone's bones, they are to have their own bones broken. In addition, the guilty person had to pay a fine, one gold mina for a freeman or up to half the price of a slave if a slave is the victim.
Trade - This law requires receipts, bills, and compensation for goods delivered.
Liability - If a man refuses to repair a dam and his neighbors' fields are flooded and their crops are ruined as a result, the man is to be sold into slavery and the money given to the people whose crops he ruined.
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Above the law what kind of figure of speech is this?
It's an idiom.
What law is to punish a man for something that was it against the law when he did it is called?
a meep
A law to punish a person for something that was not against the law when he or she did it is called?
Export facto law
Criminal law is designed to?
Criminal law is designed to protect society by defining what behavior is considered criminal and establishing penalties for those who commit crimes. It aims to deter individuals from engaging in unlawful activities and seek justice for victims of crimes.
Is the purpose of tort law to punish criminal wrongdoers?
No, the purpose of tort law is not to punish criminal wrongdoers. Tort law is a civil law that aims to provide compensation to individuals who have been wronged by others' negligent or intentional actions. Criminal law is concerned with punishing those who commit crimes against society.
A law to punish a man for something that was not against the law when he did it is called ______________.?
An "ex post facto" law
When congress not pass a law that would punish an action?
When it is legal
Law to punish the Boston Tea Party?
the intolerable acts
A law that would punish an action that took place before the law was passed is known as?
An ex post facto law
A law to punish a man for something that was not against the law when he did it is called?
That would be a violation of the Ex Post Factorule.
Who is above the law on the rule of law?
No one is above the Rule of Law, not even the US President.
What is the summary of observed behavior and a explanation of behavior?
law and theory
