Chapter 822 - Double-edged Sword (1/2)
Chapter 822: Double-edged Sword
“What is the fundamental nature of law? It’s simply a tool to rule over the social classes Law is theclass Law is a way by which the ruler will regulate every part of society”
Back in China of inal world, every law student who just started to study laould have to learn this definition regarding the fundamental nature of law
Maybe since China was deeply influenced by Co, China’s definition of laas also filled with class conflict
“Law is a tool for the ruling class to control the social classes”
Back in China, this was considered the public opinion, orthodoxy, and a definite In fact, al scholars and those in the law profession viewed this as athere was to law
It was quite evident that such a definition of law could only become reality after a country and social classes were formed But, what about a society that was still unstructured, such as a primitive society that didn’t have written or systematic rules? In that case, weren’t the basic social norms the same as laws?
My old world’s definition of laas endlessly battered in this neorld where ether
For instance, to use the Silver Dwarves as an exa equality for everyone in the tribe They had no officials or tribe leaders, yet they were abnor the tribe’s rules In that case, since there wasn’t even a ruling class in the Silver Dwarves species, the classical Chinese definition of laas nothing more than a joke
Another exale Ant the Ant Queen But actually, the Antmen had no self will at all The Antmen had successfully connected all of their wills as one There was only actually one mind for an entire Antmen tribe If there was only one person in the entire tribe, then it would be quite difficult to say as ruling whom It was also quite common for the Ant Queen to be sacrificed
There were also undead tribes, as well as dragons who had even stranger societal structures…
Such situations were actually quite common In this world, orderly societal structures like the humans’ and elves’ societies with nobles and commoners as separate social classes were actually in the minority I had witnessed countless societal structures which were even stranger than that of the Silver Dwarves’ before
Since the majority of species hadn’t constructed countries for the to use social class theory as the basis for laould obviously be nothing al theory as basis, then the idea of “unjust laws are still laws” froinal world would only become an ever more vicious debate that would be impossible to solve here
Maybe abstract theories would be difficult for readers to understand, so I will give an exaanization’s internal rules, or an assassin organization’s unwritten rules about killing were all recognized as laws, then the neer of Law that I created in this world would only becoest weapon of all for villains and tyrants in this world
Eich was a world where a person’s as equivalent to actual power Not giving a definition carefully enough would absolutely lead to complete disaster
If there was a probleave to Law in this world, thenor become distorted sooner or later
“Is Law only a tool for ruling? Law’s functions for guiding people towards kindness and punishi+ng evil in society can si social stability’? Perhaps the kindness and benefit for society is what Law’s true nature really is”
In the end, when creating the Original Codex of Law for this world, I abandoned the old Chinese “bible” of law on classical legal theory, and instead wroteof law based on the special nature of society in this world
“Law is souide people towards kindness”
From that moment onwards, law in Eich was destined to be different from the definition of law in China The debate over “unjust laws are also laould never happen here at all Evil laws enacted by tyrants would be disqualified froinal Codex of Law
“Law is so that should treat all criminals equally”
From that moment onwards, the power of Laould only act because of a crie no matter the criminal’s status or power
“Law is limited to divine laws and manmade laws…”