Hammurabi's Code Of Laws. Paragraphs 1 65 : CODE OF LAWS 1. If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death. 2. If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take...
Hammurabi's Code Of Laws. The Epilogue : THE EPILOGUE LAWS of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established. A righteous law, and pious statute did he teach the land. Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. I have not withdrawn myself from the men, whom Bel gave to me, the rule over whom Marduk gave to me, I was not negligent, but I...
Hammurabi's Code Of Laws. Paragraphs 100 199 : 100.... interest for the money, as much as he has received, he shall give a note therefor, and on the day, when they settle, pay to the merchant. 101. If there are no mercantile arrangements in the place whither he went, he shall leave the entire amount of money which he received with the broker...
Bibliography : BIBLIOGRAPHY. Contracts in general: Oppert and Menant, Documents juridiques de l'Assyrie et de la Chaldee (Paris, 1877); J. Kohler and F. E. Peiser, Aus dem Babylonischen Rechtsleben (Leipzig, 1890 ff.); F. E. Peiser, Babylonische Vertrage (Berlin, 1890), Keilinschrifiliche Actenstucke (Berl...
Title Page : THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TRANSLATED BY L. W. KING With Commentary From CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D. (1915) And The Eleventh Edition Of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910- By The Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, M.A. Litt.D. HTML Markup By Sacred-texts.com
Babylonian Law The Code Of Hammurabi : BABYLONIAN LAW--THE CODE OF HAMMURABI. By the Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, M.A. Litt.D. from the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910-1911 The material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive without being exhaustive. The so-called "contracts," including...
Hammurabi's Code Of Laws. Paragraphs 200 282 : 200. If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out. [A tooth for a tooth] 201. If he knock out the teeth of a freed man, he shall pay one-third of a gold mina. 202. If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip...
Hammurabi's Code Of Laws. Preamble : HAMMURABI'S CODE OF LAWS (circa 1780 B.C.) TRANSLATED BY L. W. KING When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land, assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him gre...
Introduction : THE CODE OF HAMMURABI INTRODUCTION Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. 1915 ...[Hammurabi] was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign ([1795-1750 BC]) have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King...
