1. Hammurabi Code is an important legal document that specifies the laws related to various crimes.
2. It has 282 provisions specifying cases related to family rights, trade, slavery, taxes and wages. ‘
3. It is carved on a stone, which portrays Hammurabi as receiving the code from the Sun god Shamash.
4. It was a compilation of old laws based on retributive principles.
5. The ‘eye for eye’ and ‘tooth for tooth’ form of justice is used in the Hammurabi Code
