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Of the three Codes of law we have studied, we think the Old Testament is the fairest. The Code of Hammurbi was much too violent. Hammurabi's solution to just about anything was to kill people. Too many innocent people died in Hammurabi's code. Fore example, " if an architect's work falls in and kills the son of the owner of the house, then the architect's son dies." The architects son did nothing wrong but was put to death. Another are where Hammurabi's code is lacking is in the treatment of social classes. Different punishments are give out according to social class of the person the crime was committed upon. The prime weakness in Roman law was the discrimination against women. Females were never acknowledged as adults. There are also cruel and unusual punishments for committing silly crimes. For example, " If a person has sung of composed against another person a song, such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death."

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