Did Hammurabi's Code mark the development of law and order?

Did Hammurabi's Code mark the development of law and order? 

I personally think that Hammurabi's Code did mark the development of order. Hammurabi was the first peron to ever create a big set of laws for an empire, which was Babylonia. Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws which covered many topics such as divorce, assault, theft, and more. His code had a variety of laws that covered many situtations. I believe that most of Hammurabi's Laws were fair. For example one of his fair laws are: If someone helping to put out a fire loots (steals something from the premises), that individual may be thrown into the fire. I think this is a fair law for two reasons, one, that person was looting, which is already a crime by itself. The second reason is that the person is not only looting, but also is stealing while they should be helping to out the fire. Another fair law is: A person who lies while serving as a witness in a case involving death penalty, that person might also be put to death. Even today if you lie in court you can get a penalty. Lying in court is almost as bad as committing the crime because you are not wanting to help the government find the culprit.  

Some people say that Hammurabi's code was strict.  Well he had to be strict. This was during the times of Babylon, not today, so things were harsher. If you ever want for crime levels to drop you have to make people frightened to commit crimes. If you have strict laws people will see that by committing a crime you might get harsh punishments that may involve ending their life. Even though I think most of hammurabi's laws are fair, there are some that are unfair. An example is: A builder who sells a poorly built house that kills it's owner, maybe put to death. If the collapse kills the son of the owner, than the builder's son is punished. I think this is a very unfair law. First of all, even well built houses can collapse over time. So the builder should not receive a punishment unless it is a fairly new house. The second part is even more unfair! Why does the engineer's son get punished!? He had nothing to do with the incident. If he did, then he should be punished. Even though some of Hammurabi's laws were strict, overall it helped bring order and justice to Babylon. 

Citation:

Landau, Elaine. "Hammurabi's Babylonia." The Babylonians. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 

2010. 39-44. Print.