Did Hammurabi place all 282 laws at one time?

Answer 1

Hammurabi established laws so there would be no doubt about what he wanted done ... consistency. The most important thing is that he wrote them down rather than relying on word-of-mouth to spread them around his kingdom.

When something written, it is difficult to distort the original intent of the writer ... SO everybody knew and understood exactly what the boss wanted, in his own words.

Answer 2

Those rules were carved in an 7 foot stone. It took some time for all to written.