The rule would seem to refer to a case in which a man's wife interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is repeated elsewhere in substa…

A personal injury peculiar to women—a hurt producing miscarriage—is here considered. The miscarriage might cost the woman her life, in which case t…

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. This is to be understood of burning a man's flesh with fire; of …

The cases mentioned here give rules of justice that were applicable then and are still in use for deciding similar matters. These laws teach us tha…