You Be the JudgeRead the following situations and write your

answers on your handout. Would you apply laws

the same way King Hammurabi did?

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What should be done to the

carpenter who builds a house that

falls and kills its owner?

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Hammurabi’s Code #229:

If a builder builds a house for someone and

does not construct it properly, and the house

which he built falls in and kills its owner, then

that builder shall be put to death.

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What should be done to a son who

slaps his father?

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Hammurabi’s Code #195:

If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be

hewn (cut) off.

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What should be done to the man

who cannot pay his debts?

3

Hammurabi’s Code #117:

If a man be in debt and is unable to pay his

creditors, he shall sell his wife, son, or daughter, or

bind them over to service. For three years they

shall work in the houses of their purchaser or

master; in the fourth year they shall be given their

freedom.

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What should be the punishment for

robbery?

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Hammurabi’s Code #22:

If anyone is committing robbery and

is caught, then he shall be put to

death.

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What should be done to the man

who knocks another man’s teeth

out?

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Hammurabi’s Code #200:

If a man knock out the teeth of his

equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.

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What should be happen if a man

dies in surgery?

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Hammurabi’s Code #218:

If a doctor makes a large incision with

an operating knife and kills a

noblemen or commoner…the doctor’s

hands shall be cut off.

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