What distinguishes the law code of hammurabi from its predecessors?

The code of Hammurabi unlike other law codes before it, distinguished big offenses and smaller offenses. Also, it created a sense of fairness in law (all people followed the same laws). I hope this helped ^^

Assemblies do not have written codes of laws. laws are matters for magistrates and courts, not assemblies. codes of law are things such as civil law, criminal law, and constitutional law. what assemblies have are procedures regarding debating, voting and other business they might carry out.  also note that rome had three assemblies: the assembly of the soldiers, the assembly of the tribes, and the plebeian councils.