dunderm said:
Are there lists on the different types of crime such as slapping a noble?
Well i would say "Skinned alive"...
It´s really up to you (or lets us say the one who judges), like Vincent D said...
The problem with law is that at that time it was not very stable, and it was really not impartial...
In the feudalistic model you were judged by the noble or representant of the kingdom in that place.
If it was a problem between nobles they would be judged by a higher Status Noble...
So it would really be more of a decision than a judgement.
Argos, Chorintia, Nemedia and other Hyborian kingdoms may have a structured Legal system, but most of them lack one.
A list of laws defined by the state would be great, but then we must remember who is in charge and that you don´t get a lawyer... so the probability they don´t really get followed is rather large.
But since it seems that Howard left some small clues about the general law of the countries, those can help... but then law changes from king to king, and from time to time, so there is really only need for a "generalistic law" for great crimes... all other are left to the Judge to decide.
In most places the law is defined by they religion and social stigmas.
Fail these and you´re probably going to wish they had killed you...
And one other thing, the king made the rules, if he said that the law was to kill Nemedians, well i wouldn´t like to be a nemedian in that place...
But if you hapenned to be judged by a noble friend, you would be considered "not Nemedian"...
It´s easy as this...