complete law quote,” if the house falls and kills the owner the builder will be put to death.”?

by OwnerBuilder on September 10, 2009

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1 dukalink6000 September 10, 2009 at 3:23 pm: Is that from the Code of Hammurabi?
2 Distant September 10, 2009 at 3:23 pm: Sounds like Hammurabi code, like "An eye for an eye". It was to make sure people did their job to the best of their ability. Sort of like "Build a good house and don’t give shoddy work, cause if you do, and it gets some one killed, it’s your head." There were alot of different laws I think, for different occupations.
3 SALESCOACH September 10, 2009 at 3:23 pm: That is part of the Code of Hammurabi—in Babylon. 2200 BCE

A. If a builder builds a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house – that builder shall be put to death.

B. If it cause the death of the son of the owner of the house – they shall put to death a son of that builder.

C. If it cause the death of a slave of the owner of the house – he shall give to the owner of the house a slave of equal value.

D. If it destroys property, he shall restore whatever it destroyed, and because he did not make the house which he built firm and it collapsed, he shall rebuild the house which collapsed at his own expense.

E. If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction meet the requirements and a wall falls in, that builder shall strengthen the wall at his own expense.

I saw it on the History Channel too…I love that stuff!!!