Q: I hear that Iraq was the first place that an actual set of laws was written down and put into effect. Really? A: The Code of Hammurabi is often called the world’s first codified set of laws, ...

The Amorite ruler Hammurabi (unknown–1750 B.C.), crowned king of Babylon around 1792 B.C., was both an avid warrior and a shrewd administrator who honored the traditions of Sumer, Akkad, and other ...

Israeli archaeologists say they have found two 3,700-year-old clay tablets that appear to contain legal pronouncements similar to the Code of Hammurabi and the biblical "tooth for a tooth" rule. The ...

It is highly unlikely that a person with a law degree and a former state attorney general actually thinks that law didn't exist on Earth before the estimated lifetime of Moses (1391-1271 BCE). He ...