Stele of Hummurabi

Who wrote the earliest writing code law? Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. He is the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men might read and know what was required of them. Hammurabi's most famous claim to fame is his law code. The code is inscribed on a magnificent stele …

…fair, sons weren't necessarily home free if they misbehaved. The penalty for striking your father was a nasty little bit of barbarism the son's hand was cut off. This was balanced by virtue of the fact that a father had to have a good reason to disinherit his son. Those written in stone though beautiful to behold as a work of art, are, none the less, a bit time-worn in the fairness of their application.