Part one of term paper
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 t ...

Part two of term paper
... custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear”2 How does taking something that is not yours, or even hurting someone equal death? Today, there are different degrees of penalties for robbery; none of them thankfully include death. Another example to illustrate the fact of the biasness of these codes is rule number 154: “If a man have sexual intercourse with his daughter, he shall be expelled from this city”3 I do n ...