How should society deal with lawbreakers

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How should society deal with lawbreakers?

• Historical Reference
• Babylonian Law

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Rise of Babylon
Babylon
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Ancient Babylon Hammurabis Code
Question 1 Which features of advanced
civilization are evident in the artifact below?
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Hammurabi Code Eye for an eye
Question 2 Which law below reveals the most
about life and order in ancient Babylon? Why?

• If a robber is caught while stealing, he will be
  killed.
• If a wife has a relationship with another man,
  both shall be tied and thrown into water, but the
  wife can be pardoned by her husband and given to
  the king as a slave.
• If anyone strikes a man whose rank is higher than
  his, the man shall be whipped 60 times in public.
• If a builder builds a house that falls and kills
  the owner, then the builder shall be killed. If
  the son of the owner is killed, then the
  builders son shall be killed.
• If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be
  cut off.
• If a man put out the eye of another, his eye
  shall be put out.
• If one accuses another with a capital offence,
  but cannot prove the charges, the accuser will be
  killed.

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What was Hammurabis opinion of human beings?
Question 3 and 4 Answer each of the questions
below on the poster paper provided.

• Do you think he was correct?

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Uphill Processing Task

• Re-write the CHS student code of conduct.
  Construct 15 laws for CHS that Hammurabi would be
  proud of.
• Specify the offenders, victims, offenses and
  punishments.
• Pay attention to the status or rank of those
  involved.
• Make sure all new laws are clearly stated and
  easily understood.
• Write the laws neatly on the poster paper.

STOP. Do not advance.
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Controversy Morality and LawHow much control is
necessary to keep order in society?

• Singapore Caning for vandalism
• California (US) Three Strikes Law
• Colonial New England Public humiliation in
  stocks
• Islamic law (Sharia) Divorce laws favor men
• Guantanamo Bay (US) Torture to protect America
• Federal Drug Laws Crack vs. Powder cocaine
• Racial profiling
• WWII Japanese Internment Camps
• CHS Security cameras
• Aladdin Amputation for theft

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How should society deal with lawbreakers?