1.What crimes do these excerpts from the Code of Hammurabi identify? 2. Which of those are considered crimes today? Which are not?

3. What punishments do these excerpts from the Code of Hammurabi identify?

4. Which of those punishments are used today? Which are not?

5. Based on these short excerpts from the code, how do you think Hammurabi defined justice? How would you check the accuracy of your assessment?

6. In what ways do our codes of law today show similarities to and differences from the concept of justice as shown in these short excerpts from Hammurabi’s Code?

7. In what ways has today's view of justice changed from Hammurabi's? What events and ideas do you think caused these changes?