>[!abstract] >The lex talionis is otherwise known as the view that punishment for crimes must exact "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". It dates at least to the law of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi, and the general idea is cited in modern times by both scholars and laypeople in support of punishment that "fits the crime". The lex talionis is sometimes used as a justification of retributivist punishment, which requires that the guilty receive their due punishment as a matter of right or justice, although it is less of a justification and more of a statement of the proper target of punishment (the guilty) and degree of punishment (proportionality) ([[White, 2014]]). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Retributive justice]] >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): [[Restorative justice]] >- **South** (downstream): —