First Codified Laws

In Mesopotamia if you were a wife and you disregarded your duties, trashed the house, disrespected your husband and such, you can get "thrown in the water". Also if you are married to a husband but didn't have the proper contracts then, I quote, "You are no wife!" Hummurabi was a genious. Other laws involve oxen goring stuff, and having to actually refer to your children as "your children" in order for them to be recognized your children, if you had children with your wife and your female slave, then it would be the slave's children you should be refering to as your children in order for them to be recognized, so that they can inherit some of your possesions.