Describe the significance for modern legal systems of the existence of the Code of Hammurabi. How do the political and legal principles represented by the code affect modern legal ideas? Be sure to support your conclusions with well-organized historical evidence.

The significance for the modern legal systems of the existence of the Code of Hammurabi is to impose that the ruler has the highest authority and everyone shall follow its prescribed rules. That the King must be must destroy all evil, prevent the mighty from stomping on the weak, to show that he is the almighty one and the one true light.