«Legislative codes and Reforms before the code and the legislation of Hamorabi and their effect on the civilization of masopotamia »

Abstract

This study includes «Legislative codes and Reforms before the code and the legislation of Hamorabi and their effect on the civilization of masopotamia» due to the importance of these codes as they established the bases of justice and the equality among people, protected the rights of poor people and slaves from their masters, also dealt with different sides of incident life, and finally the king Hamorabi took advantage of thses codes and legislations that were issued before himThe subject of that study was focused on Orcajeena code, Urnam code, the code of Eshnona kingdom, legislations of Isen or Lebeet Ishtar, and the codes and the legislations of Hamorabo and their importance to the society of masopotamia.That study depended upon a number of resources and references the researcher took advantage from and that enriched the subject with good information whether these resources were translated in to Arabic or not. Among thses resources are: Burhan Adden Dalu in his book «the civilization of Egypt and Iraq», Ahmed Ameen Saleem in his book «studies in the history and the civilization of ancient near East, and other resources.The Study has a conclusion that was the most prominent result reached by the researcher.