Re: The Glorantha Digest V6 #409

From: g.nixon_at_talk21.com
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:28:24 +0000


>=A0Jeff:=A0
>=A0As=20a=20practicing=20lawyer=20and=20as=20the=20duly=20appointed=20Orlanthi=20expert,=20Orlanthi
>=A0law=20is=20certainly=20something=20I've=20spent=20time=20on.=20=20Fundamentally,=20my=20sources=20on
>=A0Orlanthi=20law=20are:
>=A0"The=20Economics=20of=20Justice",=20Richard=20Posner=20(great=20section=20on=20how=20feud
>=A0operates=20and=20law=20without=20a=20state),
>=A0"Beyond=20Law",=20Richard=20Posner,
>=A0"Medieval=20Iceland:=20Sagas,=20Society=20and=20Power",=20Jesse=20Byock=20(the=20"dean"=20of=20a
>=A0way=20hipster=20school=20of=20jurisprudence=20examining=20medieval=20Icelandic=20law),=20and
>=A0"Clansmen=20and=20Cattle=20Lords:=20The=20Social=20Structure=20of=20Early=20Ireland",=20Nerys
>=A0Patterson.
>=A0
>=A0Although=20the=20legal=20systems=20of=20early=20medieval=20Ireland=20and=20medieval=20Iceland
>=A0are=20certainly=20drawn=20upon=20for=20the=20Orlanthi,=20Orlanthi=20law=20is=20not=20simply=20Viking
>=A0law=20mixed=20with=20Celtic=20law.=20=20BTW,=20it=20is=20my=20understanding=20that=20there=20will=20be
>=A0an=20article=20on=20gaming=20Orlanthi=20law=20in=20the=20next=20issue=20of=20Tales.=20=20Pick=20up=20a
>=A0copy=20of=20Enclosure=202=20for=20an=20Orlanthi=20saga=20involving=20much=20legal=20wrangling.
>=A0

Having=20never=20read=20any=20of=20the=20above=20I've=20tended=20to=20use=20'The=20Steel=20Bonnents'=20by=20George=20Mcdonald=20Fraser=20as=20an=20idea=20to=20how=20Orlanthi=20Law=20would=20operate.=20=20It=20also=20gives=20ideas=20as=20to=20how=20feuds=20started=20in=20border=20England,=20and=20how=20it=20operated,=20from=20there=20it's=20just=20a=20short=20step=20to=20translate=20to=20any=20Orlanthi=20Frontier.

stay=20hucky=20[hucky=3Dhappy+lucky]
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