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Kingdom of Charlemagne (Age of Charlemagne) Civil Tier 7

Scabini

Charlemagne's revisions to the Frankish legal system in AD780 established the position of 'scabini' - the basis for the modern legal position of 'assessor', the assistant and counsel to a judge or magistrate in most central and northern European countries. Each court was represented by seven scabini, who were, in essence, legal encyclopaedias, theoretically possessing all there was to know about Frankish and Salic law between them. These men were held in particularly high esteem and reported directly to the judge or, in many cases, passed judgement themselves based on their understanding of legal precedents. Carolingian law also forbade judges, in a bizarrely obvious move, from accepting bribes and told them to make decisions based solely on evidence and inquest. They were also to keep with them at all times a copy of the 'Lex Ripuara' - a collection of Germanic law and the basis and inspiration for the later 'Lex Salica'.

Node Set Civil Tier 7

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Requires Technologies	Capitulare de Villis

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Enables Technologies	Charter of Modern Thought
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