man Record, p 12). Furthermore, just like a real Law Code, each "law" is written in the form of conditional sentence: in which the phrase is introduced by a certain condition, "if" and the consequence follows "then". Another fact makes Hammurabi's "Code" so similar to the U.S. Constitutional Law Code is that it follows specific order, consisting of separate "chapters" associated with similar issues. For instance;" The Administration of Justice" "chapter" is followed by "Felons and Victums", which is in turn followed by "chapter" that talks about "Property" issues.
Thus from a point of view of an ordinary contemporary American,theHammurabi's Code is an ancient set of detailed legal codes of Mesopotamia. As mentioned above, the code is composed of 282 "law codes" which are started in conditional sentences, typical to a legislative document, and broken down in sets of cha
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