Eight hundred and twenty-one chapters double-edged
"The essence of law? It is just a tool of class rule. It is the embodiment of the will of the ruling class and a means for rulers to regulate various social behaviors."
In a certain country in a certain world, any bachelor of law will learn certain conclusions about the nature of law in the newly introduced jurisprudence.
Perhaps it is because this country is deeply imprinted by the hammer-and-sickle mentality, and its definition of the nature of law is also full of class struggle.
"Law, the tool of the ruling class."
In that country, this is public opinion, this is orthodoxy, this is the final conclusion, and it is even the truth in the eyes of most legal scholars and practitioners... but it is not the whole story, at least, I don’t think it is the whole story.
Obviously, such a conclusion will only become a reality after the emergence of countries and classes. When the social structure is not sound, such as a primitive society without written and systematic laws, those basic social norms are not laws.
Already?
In this different world where multiple races coexist, the legal concepts of the old era are repeatedly impacted.
For example, the Silver Dwarves have strangely achieved equality as a whole clan. They have no officials or chiefs, but even more strangely, they strictly abide by the rules of the tribe. So, under the premise that there is not even a ruling class, the classic class theory law
Essentially it has become a joke.
It would be better to talk about the ant tribe, a minority race. All of them are born for and serve the queen. But in fact, the ant tribe has no self at all. They have successfully united all their wills into a whole, and there is only one person in the whole tribe.
Under the premise, it is difficult to tell who rules whom, and it is common for the queen ant to be sacrificed.
For example, the undead race is composed of dead people, and the dragon race has a weirder social structure...
Such situations are not rare. In this world, elves and human society are rigorous and thorough, and the class nature of nobles and commoners is the minority. I don't know how many social structures I have seen that are stranger than the silver dwarves.
On the premise that most races have not established a nation, it is obviously a joke to still use class will theory as the legal basis of law.
If such a legal basis is still used, the argument that "evil laws are also laws" in the past world will become more and more intense, and may even become impossible to resolve.
Abstract theories may be difficult to understand, but for example, if the tyranny of a tyrant, the internal system of a terrorist organization, and the life-and-death unspoken rules of a killer society are also recognized as law, then the new power of law will become villains and tyrants.
The most powerful weapon in your hand.
It seems that this is abstract theoretical thinking, but in fact, to explain the nature of "law" is to define the concept of law, which is the birth and source of development of the power of law, just like defining the Holy Light as "purification"
"generally.
In Ashe, who has the power of will, lack of rigorous thinking is definitely a disaster.
If there is a problem with the foundation stone, even if the superstructure does not collapse, it will grow crooked sooner or later.
"Is the law just the basis for rule? Can its social function of inducing people to do good and punishing evildoers be simply explained as the function of 'maintaining social stability'? Perhaps, that goodwill and social function,
That’s its true essence.”
In the end, I gave up the classical theoretical system that I once regarded as the "Bible" on the legal code that is the root of this world, and put forward my personal understanding of the law based on the characteristics of this society itself.
"He should lead people to do good."
From this moment on, the Ashe Code and the code of a certain country are completely different things. The dispute of "A bad law is also a law?" is impossible from the beginning. The tyrant's evil law has been excluded from the code from the beginning.
"He should treat every criminal equally."
From that moment on, the power of the law only acts because of the crime, and will not be deflected due to the identity and strength of the other party.
"He is limited to the law of God and the law of man..."
After I completed the definitions one by one, I strangely discovered that an act that was despised by human society in the old era has become the best explanation for my "law".
"...It will actually be bloody and primitive...homomorphic revenge."
The noun may be a legal reference, but its actual meaning is very simple.
"Tooth for tooth, blood for blood."
The injurer and the murderer will be treated the same no matter how evil they have done. Those who gouge out their eyes will have their eyes gouged out, and those who kill will be killed. In primitive tribal societies, in most cases, revenge is carried out by the blood relatives of the victim.
, therefore, it also has a name... blood revenge.
Because it was too barbaric and cruel, it was eliminated by modern countries long ago.
But perhaps it is precisely because this world is also too cruel and barbaric that in the end, my power of law appeared in the world through such a carrier.
It uses more cruel methods to deter villains. Even if they escape trial during their lifetime, they will still be punished afterwards, and no one is exempt.
It gives the victim the right to revenge. When the villain's deeds are exposed to the sun, and when the mortal process is recorded in the Hall Code of Styx, the heavy crime will eventually turn into a weapon that strangles him.
Noose.
It gives the innocent and weak a necessary sense of security, because the heads of those thugs are still hanging high on the city wall, shocking the choices of those who come after them.
It gives law enforcers and guardians unparalleled sharp blades. They are the guardians of the weak and civilians, and they are also the agents of revenge for the victims.
Obviously, this is extreme, bloody, barbaric, and unreasonable.
But in this cruel world, if you still use modern laws... Then the "peacetime laws" that have even begun to abolish the death penalty and can be bailed out by paying money are the real fools who are not suitable for the times.
To give the simplest example, if I still use the legal principles of the old era as the basis of the law, then my knights of justice, even if they encounter evil deeds of murder, must first collect evidence like the police of the old era.
testify, and then send the criminal to court to receive a fair trial... In a sense, they will even be inferior to the police of the old era, because the power of rules is far more rigid and stupid than the system.
It is worth mentioning that the death penalty is one of the few manifestations of homomorphic revenge in modern times.
"He who kills must pay with his life."
This common sense in traditional/primitive societies has been denied by many countries. The more and more complicated laws and regulations have given those unforgivable villains the opportunity to do evil again.
In this world with limited resources, this is an extravagant waste.
"In troubled times, heavy codes are used... This world is more chaotic than troubled times, so naturally these heavy codes are endlessly heavy."
After I determined the core of the essence of this law, a series of subsequent applications of spells came into being.
But no matter what, law is still a force of order and an elemental force in this world. While it conforms to its own characteristics, it must also conform to the rules of the elements.
The power of rules of order, the product of extreme order, is not just the power of law.
Great prophecy, wish-making and other "reasonable" spells are all used at the level of rules. They are very similar to the power of law. Their characteristics are also the same. The result of casting a spell is either successful or fails.
like water off a duck's back.
As a result, wishes that are difficult to realize are distorted by malicious or benevolent wishes, events that are too complicated, and great prophecies that forcibly determine the future cannot be realized at all. Therefore, even if the popes forcibly predict, they will say it is very simple.
The power of law is also the same. Using spells will cause a tug of war between the enemy and ourselves. If the user of the power of law wins, the spell will be successful. If the sinner is too powerful, those offensive spells will be defeated.
Weakening and binding spells will be ineffective, and in the end it will still be a competition of elemental power.
The more complicated the application method is, the more it actually weakens the source. The simpler and more direct the application is, the more powerful it is and cannot be distorted.
Finally, when I decided to make a sword, I finally achieved my goal in the most fundamental and primitive way.
"Start the trial, the magic sword. Revenge, tooth for tooth, blood for blood... life for life!"
The moment the double-edged engraved dagger appeared in mid-air, Cavins' body was torn apart under his surprised gaze, and while I was laughing at him, my body also burst apart and exploded at the same time. (To be continued.