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> > This long legal development reminds me, again, of the different mindset
> between anglo-saxons and latins. Very few people in a latin culture today
> would even think about lawsuits and fines and "legal niceties". I've never
> seen such topics included in any RP game, even sophisticated ones. Revenge,
> fleeing before avengers from afar, hired killers, yes, we have all that -
> but no legalese stuff.
>
> Which is ironic, because once upon a time Latin culture was obsessed with
> law and legal niceties. There's a wonderful bit in the "Pope's Rhinoceros"
> where two clerics debate whether an ongoing brawl is subject to church or
> secular law. Or Umberto Eco's "Baudolino" has a scene where Baudolino (a
> good product of northern Italy) explains to his adopted father Frederick
> Barbarossa how to use Roman law to triumph over his enemies. Or the endless
> conflict between law and justice in Greek tragedy.
>
> Jeff
>
Law is part of our culture, of course. It can't be any other way, being descendants of Romans. But we don't have any famous epic saga related, even remotely, to legal stuff and the concept of wergild is alien to us. Feuds on the other hand are more universal.
-Sergi
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