Hammurabi's Laws
Hammurabi�s law code is similar to the Ten Commandments. They showed Babylonia various rules they were to abide by, and the consequences if they did not. I feel that many of these rules are similar to the laws of today, since they were created to set a standard for society. Yet, they are filled with double standards towards women, and the poverty stricken, and quick, and unjust punishments.
Law number 22 stated:
�If a man has committed highway robbery and been caught, he shall be put to death�1
I think this is quite unfair. Why does stealing deserve death? The description of robbery is, �the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person ...
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As stated before, the punishment for robbery is much harsher than for this crime. Incest only grants expulsion. To steal a tangible item and inflict fear, you die; to steal a girl�s innocence and dignity, inflict pain, hatred, fear, and just an overall tainted feeling, you get to start your life over in a new city.
Another of these laws that show exactly what little worth the female gender had is number 141:
�If a wife, living in her husband�s house, has persisted on going out, has acted the fool, has wasted her house, has belittled her husband, he shall prosecute her. If her husband has said, I divorce her, she shall go her way; he shall give her nothing as her price of divorce. If he has said, I will not divorce her, he may take another woman to wife, and the [first] wife shall live as a slave in her husband�s house.�4
First off, what grounds does a person have for making another a slave? It seems anyway that the female is already one. The code basically says that ...
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