Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi was a powerful leader of the Babylonian Empire in the Fertile Crescent. He did many things to make his empire strong. One of his greatest contributions to his empire (and the world) was the creation of the first written code of laws. Hammurabi's Code stresses punishments that fit the crimes- "an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth." In other words, if you stole something, you paid the price of whatever you stole; if you murdered someone, you would be put to death. However, his laws were not equal between different social classes and between men and women. If you were a rich person stealing from a poor person, you might only have to pay the poor person half the cost of whatever it was that you stole, but if you were a poor person stealing from a rich person, your hand could be chopped off, or you could even be put to death.
Was it fair that Hammurabi had different punishments for different social classes and for men and women? Why or why not?