re: #103 wrenchwench

My mom went to law school while I was in high school. I learned that the law is not for me. It’s based too much on precedent, not on what makes sense. Esoteric is a nice word for it.

In the modern world, perhaps. But back when laws and constitutions didn’t really exist, someone being able to tell the judge/reeve/noble/king that the last 5 times something happened, this (fine/punishment) was considered appropriate was an important part in the stability of the judicial system. Without precedent, one can argue that we’d be still using wergild as the core of the legal system.