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Analysis of the Death Penalty System in the Code of Hammurabi

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DOI: 10.23977/jsoce.2023.051110 | Downloads: 52 | Views: 579

Author(s)

Tang Lu 1

Affiliation(s)

1 School of Law, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China

Corresponding Author

Tang Lu

ABSTRACT

The Code of Hammurabi is an ancient legal code established by the Babylonian King Hammurabi, believed to have been written around the 18th century BCE. This legal code is considered one of the earliest known legal codes in the world and covers a wide range of legal areas, including criminal offenses, marriage and family matters, commercial crimes, and procedural aspects of litigation. The Code of Hammurabi contains relatively strict and distinctive provisions regarding the death penalty, reflecting the ancient society's understanding of punishment, culpability, and justice. This paper intends to explore these aspect of the code.

KEYWORDS

The Code of Hammurabi; Death Penalty; Property Ownership; Homogeneous Revenge

CITE THIS PAPER

Tang Lu, Analysis of the Death Penalty System in the Code of Hammurabi. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2023) Vol. 5: 73-78. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2023.051110.

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