Code+of+Hammurabi+&+Codified+Law

1)Law is a code written for Society, It keeps a civilization intact and falling apart along with setting standards for living. **what exactly is the rule of law?**

2a)Hammurabi wished people should be equal and feel safe from each other. There were kingdoms being ruled by a monarchy and the "Law " was their word. The " monarchy" was replaced by a law. **good, what else was he trying to do for the people?** 2b)Hammurabi could've possibly planned to keep the civilization running the way it was even after he died. People would begin to treat it as common sense and eventually would reduce crime rate (possibly). **did he think that it would make people act better, or bring order, protect citizen from tyranny of the rulers? teach people lessons?**

3a)Trial by Ordeal was possibly one of the worst ways of deciding if someone was guilty or innocent. it involved the factors on how fast a burn would heal or if a person sank to the bottom of a lake. It would also vary how hot the iron bar was heated, if it wasn't heated enough it wouldn't heal in a three days time. God determined if someone was guilty or innocent. 3b)Trial by duel wasn't often practiced because it involved two disagreeing people in a conflict. Two people would have a sword fight to the death or in later times, a rapier was used. The winner would be declared right and the loser would die either from the duel or execution afterwards if someone was hired.


 * Good description, do these methods do anything in the way of assessing true guilt or innocence? Why were they considered appropriate for the time?**

4) Fairness and consistency are not necessarily complimentary terms, precedent is valuable in ensuring consistency, whether it be consistently fair or otherwise.  ** Being fair and staying the same are not the same meanings. Keeping the same thing after its been used before is important whether its fair or not **


 * Why is it important? If we can not be fair all of the time is being consistent the only way to ensure some type of fairness? provide an example to support your answer**