"The essence of law? It is just a tool for class rule. It is the embodiment of the will of the ruling class and the means by which the ruler regulates various social behaviors."
In a certain country in a certain world, any bachelor of law will learn the conclusion about the nature of law in the jurisprudence that has just started.
Perhaps because this country is deeply imprinted by the idea of the hammer and sickle, its definition of the nature of the law is also full of class struggle.
"The law, the tool of the ruling class."
In that country, this is a public opinion, this is orthodoxy, this is a conclusion, and even in the eyes of most legal scholars and practitioners, it is the truth... but not all, at least, I don't think it is all.
Obviously, such an assertion will only become reality after the emergence of states and classes, and when the social structure is not sound, such as a primitive society without written and systematic laws, those basic social norms are not laws. Yet
In this different world where multiple races coexist, the legal concept of the old era is repeatedly attacked.
For example, the silver dwarves have strangely achieved the equality of the whole clan, without officials or chiefs, but they are even more strange and extremely strict with the rules of the tribe. Then, under the premise that there is no ruling class, the classic class theory of law Essentially a joke.
It is better to say that the Ant-Man of the minority races, all of them are born for the Queen of Ants and serve the Queen of Ants, but the actual Ant-man has no self at all. They have successfully united all the wills into a whole, and there is only one person in the entire clan. Under the premise that it is difficult to tell who rules who, it is also common for the queen to be sacrificed.
For example, the undead race, which is all dead, and the dragon race with a more bizarre social structure...
Such situations are not rare. In this world, the strict and sophisticated society of elves and human beings, and the class nature of nobles and commoners are the minority. I don’t know how many social structures that are even stranger than the silver dwarves.
Under the premise that most races have not established a state, it is obviously a joke to still use the theory of class will as the legal basis of law.
If such a legal basis is still used, the refutation of the "evil law is also law" in the previous world will become more and more intense, and it will even become impossible to solve it at all.
The abstract theory may be difficult to understand, then, for example, if the tyranny of tyrants, the internal system of terrorist organizations, and the unspoken rules of life and death in the killer society are also recognized as laws, then the new legal force will become villains and tyrants. The most powerful weapon in hand.
It seems that this is abstract theoretical thinking, but in fact, to interpret the essence of "law" is to define the concept of law, and it is the source of the birth and development of the power of law, just like defining the Holy Light as "purification". "generally.
In Ashe, who has both willpower and strength, lack of rigor in thinking is definitely a disaster.
If there is a problem with the cornerstone, even if the superstructure does not collapse, it will grow crooked sooner or later.
"Is the law just the basis for rule? Its social function of leading people to be good and punishing evildoers can be simply explained as the function of 'maintaining social stability'. Perhaps, that goodwill and social function, That's its true essence."
In the end, on the code of origin of the world, I gave up the classical theoretical system that was once regarded as the "Bible", and put forward my personal understanding of the law according to the characteristics of this society itself.
"He should be good-natured."
From this moment on, the Ashe Code and the Code of a certain country are completely different things. The dispute over "Evil law is also law?" is impossible from the beginning, and the tyrant's evil law has been excluded from the code from the beginning.
"He, should treat every perpetrator equally."
From that moment on, the power of the law will only act because of the crime, and will not be shifted because of the identity and strength of the other party.
"He, limited to the law of God and the law of man..."
After I finished defining them one by one, I found it strangely that an act that was spurned by the human society of the old era became the best explanation for my "law".
"...it would be bloody and primitive... homomorphic revenge."
Nouns may be specific in jurisprudence, but the actual meaning is very simple.
"A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood."
Injurers and killers, no matter how many evil deeds they have done, they will be treated the same way. Eye-gougers are gouged out, and murderers are killed. In primitive tribal society, in most cases, revenge is executed by the blood relatives of the victims. , hence, it also has a name... Revenge of the Blood.
Because it is too barbaric and cruel, too cruel, it has long been eliminated by modern countries.
But perhaps it is precisely because this world is also too cruel and barbaric. In the end, my power of law appears in the world through such a carrier.
It uses more cruel means to deter the villains. Even if they evade trial during their lifetime, they will still be punished afterward, and no one can be exempted from it.
It gives the victim the right of revenge, when the villain's deeds are placed under the sun, when the mortal's journey is recorded in the Codex of the Hall of the Styx, that heavy crime will eventually turn into the one who strangled him. noose.
It gives the innocent and the weak the necessary sense of security, because the heads of those thugs are still hanging high above the city wall, shocking the decision of the latecomers.
It empowers law enforcers and guardians with unparalleled blades, guardians of the weak and commoners, and agents of revenge for the victims.
Obviously, this is extreme, bloody, brutal, and unreasonable.
But in this cruel world, if the modern law is still used... The "peacetime law" that even the death penalty has begun to be abolished, and the "peacetime law" that can be released on bail, is the real fool who is not suitable for the times.
To give the simplest example, if I still use the jurisprudence of the old era as the basis of the law, then my fair knights, even if they encounter the evil deeds of murder, should be like the police of the old era, first collect evidence. Testimony, and then bring criminals to court for a fair trial... In a sense, they will not even be as good as the police of the old days, because the power of the rules is far more rigid and stupid than the system.
It is worth mentioning that the death penalty is a rare manifestation of homomorphic revenge in modern times.
"The murderer pays for his life."
This common sense in traditional/primitive society has been denied by many countries, and the increasingly complicated laws have instead given those unpardonable villains a chance to do evil again.
In a world with limited resources, this is an extravagant waste.
"Troubled times use heavy code... This world is more chaotic than troubled times, and this heavy code is naturally too heavy."
After I identified the core of the essence of this law, a series of subsequent applications of magic and incantation came into being.
But no matter what, the law is still a power of order, an elemental power of this world, and it must conform to the rules of the elements while conforming to its own characteristics.
The power of the rules of order, the product of extreme order, is not just the power of the law.
Great prophecy, wishing and other "reasonable" spells are all used at the level of rules, which are similar to the power of the law, and their characteristics are generally the same. like water off a duck's back.
As a result, the wish that was difficult to achieve was distorted by the malicious/good will of the wishing technique, and the overly complicated event, the great prophecy that forcibly stipulated the future could not be realized at all, so even if the popes forcibly predicted, they would say very simple.
The power of the law is also the same. The use of magic spells will become a tug-of-war between the enemy and the enemy. If the user of the power of the law wins, the magic spell will be successful. If the sinner is too powerful, those offensive spells will be blocked. Weakening, binding spells will be ineffective, and ultimately it is a competition of elemental power.
The more cumbersome the application method, actually weakens the source, the more simple and direct application, the more powerful and undistorted.
In the end, when I set out to forge a sword, I finally achieved my goal in the most rooted, original way.
"Start the trial, the magic sword, revenge, a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood... life for life!"
When the double-edged Glyph dagger appeared in the air, Cavins' body was torn apart under his astonished gaze, and I, who laughed at him, burst into pieces at the same time.