Eye for an eye

"An eye for an eye" (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ʿayīn taḥaṯ ʿayīn)^[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.^[1]

The law of exact retaliation (Latin: lex talionis),^[2] or reciprocal justice, bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.^[3] The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.^[2]

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^ White, Mark D. (2014). "Lex Talionis". Encyclopedia of Law and Economics: 1–2. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_18-1. ISBN 978-1-4614-7883-6.
^ ^a ^b Plaut 1981, pp. 571ff.
^ Plaut 1981, p. 572.

[white-2] White, Mark D. (2014). "Lex Talionis". Encyclopedia of Law and Economics: 1–2. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_18-1. ISBN 978-1-4614-7883-6.

[FOOTNOTEPlaut1981571ff-3] Plaut 1981, pp. 571ff.

[FOOTNOTEPlaut1981572-4] Plaut 1981, p. 572.

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