Hammurabi’s Code
Hammurabi’s Code was just, because it’s personal injury laws seemed fair in accordance to their justness. For example in Document E, law 209 basically says that if a man hits the daughter of a free man and causes her to lose her child to be, then he will have to pay the girl 10 shekels of silver. (Equal to 200 U.S dollars) This law is just to the victim (The woman), because she gets paid back money, for something that she will never get back, But it’s unjust to the victim, because…
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