Do you think current laws are unfair? If you go back to the 18th century BCE and focus on Hammurabi and his code. Hammurabi was the king of a small city-state named Babylon. He ruled approximately 1,000,000 people for 42 years. He created a code comprising 282 laws engraved on a stone called a stele. Hammurabi's code was used by all people, including the Assyrians. Was the Hammurabis code fair? The Hammurabis Code was not only due to its family laws, its property laws, and its personal injury laws. In the Hammurabis code, he had included many laws on the family. Hammurabi's family laws were unjust, resulting in harsh punishments. Family life was an important part of Babylonian society and was one of the reasons it was included in the Code of Hammurabis. In Law 29 on adultery, “If a married woman is caught in adultery with another man, she will bind her and throw her into the water” (Doc C). This shows that if a woman is caught cheating, both she and the cheater will be punished severely by drowning. It's unfair because a person should not be put to death because they love someone and don't love someone else. In Law 195 on beatings against the father, “If a son hits his father, his hands will be cut off” (Doc C). This shows that if a son hits his father, he will lose his hands. This also shows that at the time men were more respected than women which is unfair because they are both human and both have to work to support a family, the husband is not the only one . In conclusion, Hammurabi's consequences for every crime were very unfair to people and too harsh. Hammurabi had made many property laws in his code. Hammurabi had made the consequences of crimes very harsh and also very unfair to the victim. Property laws were put in the middle of paper......losing a body part for making a mistake. It's also hard because they don't give the surgeon a second chance. To conclude, Hammurabi was very unfair to everyone in every way when it came to bodily harm. The Hammurabi code was unjust because of its family laws, its property laws, and its personal injury laws. The most unjust laws in the Hammurabis Code are the family laws. These are the most unfair because most of the consequences involve death or loss of a body part. Family laws are unjust because of the harsh consequences faced by people who commit a crime. Property laws are unjust because the victim also faces unfair consequences, and personal injury laws are unjust because of the mistreatment of women. In conclusion, when Hammurabi came up with his code to make Babylonia civil, it was very unfair and unjust in many ways.