The Law Code of Hammurabi
The beginning of humans was that people lived separately in different places as tribes and
nomadic people. Then when they settled and started living in city-states, they thought about
choosing someone to rule them whom could make some rules for benefiting them and they live
peacefully together. Justice and law emerged in Mesopotamia. Hammurabi ruled Babylon
Empire and he made some rules to dominate the Mesopotamian society. The main purpose for
making these rules was organizing community, existing fairness, and forcing community to
avoid wicked things.
The rules were different depending on the hierarchical positions such as slavery and
wealthy people, and tax. People made Hammurabi launch rules to all the factors in the society
which were economy system, slavery, tax, the equality of men and women. Most of his rules
were tough and unfair. Also, most of them, the results of the rules were being killed. For
example, “if any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap
into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shat take possession of his house. But if the river
prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the
accusation shall be put to death” (The Law Code of Hammurabi).
Justice and law were two of the principal priorities and necessaries because they shaped
the empire. Law can be created without justice, but justice can never be existed without any law.
Therefore, justice was a significant factor for people to acquire their rights. The communities that
depend on justice usually have a better and stronger position upon other communities. As a
result, it’s very important for societies to rely on justice because it provides equality for
everyone. For instance, the Law Codes of Hammurabi are not suitable for now but in the past it