How is the code of Hammurabi laws used in today's society?

Answer 1

Hammurabi code was used in ancient times. That law code was just but they were made for use in an ancient civilization which had a different lifestyle. Today, with the complex of our society, many laws are being introduced with every modern course in history.

Answer 2

In the western world laws in the western world are considered fair. We have trials where we can confess our innocence and the opportunity to prove it. The punishment for being convicted isn't as harsh as it was in Babylon, because most of the western world doesn't execute it's criminals. In Babylon it would seem that they do. In the Middle East I would imagine that the laws are very much the same. Women treated like property, and greater punishment for even the smallest infractions.

Answer 3

In fact, the Hammurabi code has rules on the use of Money and Banking, Concepts of Efficiency, Disapproval of Negligent Behavior, Concept of Equity and Wage and Marginal Productivity.

Answer 4

If you keep stealing or breaking laws, you will be executed.

Answer 5

It created a set of rules about crimes and their exact punishments, rules of trial, and rules of family. It was one if not the first set of definite laws that society at that time had seen.

Answer 6

It can be seen as a predecessor of the Bill of Rights. It can also be the basis for a code of conduct in some sense.