Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Legal Services

Question:
The purpose of this code was "to establish justice in the earth« to hold back the strong from oppressing the weak". Which of the following code is being referred to here?
Options:
Magnus Carta of 1215
Code of Hammurabi
Code of Mosaic
Code of Herodotus
Correct Answer:
Code of Hammurabi
Explanation:
The growth of legal aid movement is seen as one of the late conscious attempts in social adjustment that followed the slow and often unconscious process of social engineering. The real problem of social engineering was stated clearly when Hammurabi, the King of Babylon, announced his purpose in promulgating the code which he set up in the early years of the 20th century B.C. That purpose was "to establish justice in the earth« to hold back the strong from oppressing the weak".