Abstract
Hammurabi’s Code placed great value upon the slave as property, not as a human being. The slave’s value appeared to be measured by the degree to which he or she could perform work for the slave-owner. Grave punishments were inflicted upon a man who deprived another of his slave. While assaults upon freemen resulting in injury or death were punished in draconian fashion, monetary damages were the measure of reparation for the injury or wrongful death of a slave and were payable not to the slave or his family, but to the slave-owner. Liability for professional malpractice or negligence resulting ...
