Explain laws 196 and 199. How do you think Hammurabi would justify the different punishments for the same crime?


Law 196: If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man ( not a slave ), his eye shall be knocked out.

Law 199: If he has knocked out the eye of a slave... he shall pay half of his value. 

Respuesta :

it's called eye for an eye if the slave eye gets nicked out the not a slave will half to pay if the slave jocks out a not a slaves eye they get their eye knocked out