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[The Austrian penal code and the Codex Ur-nammu--a comparison from the forensic medicine viewpoint]
O Feenstra1, P Roll, I Seybold
1Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Graz.
Beitrage Zur Gerichtlichen Medizin
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A comparison between the Mesopotamian Law (Codex Ur-nammu) and the Austrian Penal Code reveals the long-sightedness of the founder of the 3rd dynasty from Ur, called Ur-nammu. It seems extremely remarkable that at those remote times (3rd Millenium B. C.) body injuries were satisfied by simple money-penalties. The Codex Ur-nammu therefore not only represents on exceedingly piece of work from the historical point of view but also from the point of view from Legal Medicine.