In this way, as we can see the arbiter of a family is the man. Getting separated is an easier fact for man; they generally pay some amount of cash and give back woman's share to the father of the woman. In addition, incest relations of the wife or cheating on husband would be punished with death or with outcast of the wife. The question is, was that way of protecting fair? All penalties under the code of Hammurabi were harsh, some involving loss of hand or eye for example a slave who struck a freeman. To be a freeman gave a greater number of rights than other individuals in the society, there was not equality among all social classes. There were the freeman or wealthy individuals, the semi-freeman who could become slaves at any time, and the slaves who were obviously the lowest class. According to the text of the code, the consequences of the laws could be estimated, crime should be decreased, the order should be gets tougher, and people should live in fear and more privately. I think the code was in context for the time. For us today it appears to be exceptionally harsh, however the code taught discipline and gave laws instead of simply allowing
In this way, as we can see the arbiter of a family is the man. Getting separated is an easier fact for man; they generally pay some amount of cash and give back woman's share to the father of the woman. In addition, incest relations of the wife or cheating on husband would be punished with death or with outcast of the wife. The question is, was that way of protecting fair? All penalties under the code of Hammurabi were harsh, some involving loss of hand or eye for example a slave who struck a freeman. To be a freeman gave a greater number of rights than other individuals in the society, there was not equality among all social classes. There were the freeman or wealthy individuals, the semi-freeman who could become slaves at any time, and the slaves who were obviously the lowest class. According to the text of the code, the consequences of the laws could be estimated, crime should be decreased, the order should be gets tougher, and people should live in fear and more privately. I think the code was in context for the time. For us today it appears to be exceptionally harsh, however the code taught discipline and gave laws instead of simply allowing