If a man brings a charge against one's wife, but she is not actually caught with the other man, she must take an oath and then may return to her house.

This law could be used today because it emphasizes the importance of evidence in accusations, and prevents someone from being punished solely on the accusations.

156. If a man betroths (contracts for marriage) a girl to his son, but his son has not had sex with her, and if then the father who has made the legal arrangements then does defile her by having sex with her himself, he shall pay her half a gold mina, and compensate her for all that she brought out of her father's house. She may marry the man of her heart.

It is outrageous that incest is common enough in this society that they have to make very specific laws about it, and prepare ahead of time for these things to happen.

230. If it kills the son of the owner, the son of that builder shall be put to death.

The law before this basically says that if someone builds a house wrong and it falls and kills the owner of the house the builder is put to death. Law 230 is outrageous because the son of the builder had nothing to do with the construction of the house.

195. If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be cut off.

Suggests a strong emphasis on parental authority and respect for elders in ancient Mesopotamian society.

If anyone brings an accusation that involves a capital murder charge and does not prove what he has charged, the accuser shall be put to death.

The reason this law stood out was the values and priorities it suggests, which are justice and social order were critical, harsh punishments were meant to maintain order, the community's welfare was more important than the individual

128. If a man takes a woman to wife, but has no intercourse with her or does not draw up a marriage contract, this woman is no wife to him.

This stood out because it shows how women were just objects to their husband's, and by not having intercourse, they would not be married.