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Below, read the first 10 of Hammurabi's laws. You will need to use your dictionary to understand some unfamiliar words.
Select 3 laws that you think are interesting.
Copy (cut and paste) the 3 laws you selected to a Word document.
Compose a full paragraph (10 sentences or more) on each of the laws you selected. Each paragraph should include the following: (a) Your interpretation or "translation" of the law into everyday, simple American English (not slang), (b) A few sentences telling whether you think the law is good or bad and why it is good or bad, and (c) several sentences of your opinion of how this law could or could not be used today.
The Code of Laws
If anyone ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but if he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.

If anyone bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sinks in the river, his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the......

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