Whoever thought finding the law could be a challenge?  Not if it's on a 7 ft tall stela for all to see - now, as then, finding the law can be almost as complicated as finding justice

Whoever thought finding the law could be a challenge? Not if it's on a 7 ft tall stela for all to see - now, as then, finding the law can be almost as complicated as finding justice

53. Code of Hammurabi, c1754 BCE

A look at documents that have had a profound effect on the world.  Telling the stories 
of these information objects, their genesis, contexts, impacts, and fates also tells the story of human society 
and its never ending evolution.

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A look at documents that have had a profound effect on the world. Telling the stories of these information objects, their genesis, contexts, impacts, and fates also tells the story of human society and its never ending evolution.

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53. Code of Hammurabi, c1754 BCE

53. Code of Hammurabi, c1754 BCE