What type of US law is based on the code of Hammurabi?

Answer 1

None. The Hammurabi's code was was to ancient, primitive and obsolete to be of any use for the United States. However, the code did influence other codes and the other codes influenced yet other codes and so on until eventually the Roman code of law came about. The Roman code of law influenced the US code quite a bit.

So what you are saying is that the Hammurabi code did eventually influnece US laws.

Answer 2

The Code's importance as a reflection of Babylonian society is indisputable. Hammurabi's laws were established to be the "laws of Justice" intended to clarify the rights of any "oppressed man." Mesopotamia society under the Hammurabi code was one of strict penalties for criminal offenses with punishment severe and varied according to the wealth of the individual. Hammurabi's rigidly centralized ruling system prospered from tribute and taxes, which he used to both compensate state dependents and finance extensive state irrigation and building projects. The code also gives us a clear sense of the ways ancient Babylonians invested divine authority in their secular leaders.

Answer 3

It gave us an example of how to codify laws. The United States constitution follow the example.

Answer 4

This types of US laws were considered to be civil laws.

Answer 5

yes