- "If a man has stolen goods from a temple, or house, he shall be put to death; and he that has received the stolen property from him shall be put to death."
- " If a man has bought or received on deposit from a minor or a slave, either silver, gold, male or female slave, ox, ass, or sheep, or anything else, except by consent of elders, or power of attorney, he shall be put to death for theft."
- "If a man has not his witnesses at hand, the judge shall set him a fixed time not exceeding six months, and if within six months he has not produced his witnesses, the man has lied; he shall bear the penalty of the suit."
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Hammurabi's laws
Hammurabi's laws that stood out to me:
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