Hammurabi's code was unjust because of personal injury laws. In law 196 (excerpts from hammurabi’s code circa 1754 BCE. Doc E) it says “that if a man has knocked out the eye of a free man, his eye shall be knocked out.” Is this really fair to the victim? If you knocked out an eye on accident and then you get blamed what will you do? All of this seems as if it is a little harsh because this could affect the lives if both of the men and work was very important in their time. There are some jobs that you really need both of your eyes to do and if both men only have one eye then they could not be able to support their families.
Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of property laws. In law 21 (excerpts from hammurabi’s code circa 1754
