العلاقة بين الفلاح و صاحب الأرض الزراعية في ضوء قانون حمرابي

Abstract EN

The relation between the peasant and the land owner was governed by the rules that handled the relation between the two sides aecurately to organize this relation to achieve justice between the two sides and to prevent the damage resulted from any side.

The legal provisions confirmed the organization of the contracts signed between the peasant and the land owner specially oncerning agricultural lands lease, the share of both the peasant and the landowner according to the contract signed and the peasant punishment incas of the neglecting the land by paying amount equal to the cot^s ofthe neighboring land.

The legal provisions also states the peasant punishment in case he farmed a neglected land and neglecting the farming of that land for three years.

The peasant in that case should do the required agricultural works and return the land to its owner in the fouth year and paying in the compensation for the past year in accordance with the area ofthe leased land.

Hammurabi code also dealt with the legal provisions concerning the farming of orchards, specially palm trees, the farmer and land owner right to divide the corps equally at the fifth year, after four years.

These legal provisions determined the penalties ofthe farmer when farming the land with grains instead of trees by paying a penalty estimated in accordance with product of the neighboring lands.

The legislator paid moire attention to the regulation ofthe agricultural relation between the land owner and the peasant in a way to ensure the rights of both sides.

Agriculture had an important role in Mesopotamia as it is an agricultural land.

Agriculture is the base of the economic life and all the society depended on it.

The regular legislation of agricultural life is the best way to eradicate chaos and establishing an agricultural progressive and developed society and this has its effect on supporting the Iraqi economy mainly depended on agriculture.