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More than three thousand years ago in ancient Babylon the Code of Hammurabi (oldest set of national known laws) had this to say about the building trade:
Law 229 If a builder builds a house for someone, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built falls in and kills its owner, then that builder shall be put to death. Law 230 If it kills the son of the owner, the son of that builder shall be put to death. Law 231 If it kills a slave of the owner, then he shall pay, slave for slave, to the owner of the house. Law 232 If it ruins goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re-erect the house from his own means. Law 233 If a builder builds a house for someone, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means. As we are now looking at abandoning the past hundred years’ worth of H&S progress perhaps we should start looking at what people were doing in the really old days?
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That doesn't clarify the role of the PD though, does it? ;-)
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Employing slaves whose lives were worth less than theirs.
And killing the sons for the sins of the father.
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Originally Posted by: jwk  That doesn't clarify the role of the PD though, does it? ;-)
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It's not comprehesive but clear as to what happens if it goes wrong! No sentencing guidelines, no mitigation no appeal. Short sharp shock...
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With no possibility of appeal...
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So, if you kill the owner, owner’s son, or slave, you don't get a replacement house, unless it also damages some goods! The Slave probably will not care as they will still be a slave, all be it with nowhere to live. However, if your dad is a house builder it would be wise to move far far away (and change your name) or become the first HSE / building inspector. Solution set your slave up as a self-employed house builder for which you charge a management fee of all the money for finding the customer, similar to what we do today! Chris
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What number is the law that states "if the building works go belly up the main contractor can take voluntary Liquidation, after which no one is responsible for any of the above".
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Originally Posted by: firesafety101 What number is the law that states "if the building works go belly up the main contractor can take voluntary Liquidation, after which no one is responsible for any of the above".
I think in those days voluntary liquidation involved boiling oil...
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Even older, evolving from 8th to 6th Century BC
Deuteronomy 22:8
King James version
"When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence."
All rather based on the assumption that the roof of your house would have been flat.
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