Prove that the laws of Hammurabi were fair.

In ancient Babylon, the king of Hammurabi issued a code of laws, which was called the “Code of Hammurabi”. It consisted of 282 laws, which included all spheres of Babylon’s life: trade, court, criminal and marriage relations of citizens. The whole essence of the laws is reflected in the catch phrase “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. In fact, every law of Hammurabi is built on the principle of this catch phrase. That is, even if your property was damaged, then according to the law of Hammurabi you should have inflicted the same damage to his abuser, the same applies to bodily harm. True, according to the law, a criminal could pay a ransom. Thus, we can say that the “Code of Hammurabi” was very fair for its time, but its negative feature was excessive cruelty and the possibility of paying off …