[Northkeep] Baronial Law...

Mercedes de Cerdanya steldr at home.net
Wed Jan 23 06:29:58 PST 2002


Thank you Etienne.
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From: "Darin Herndon" <darin_herndon at bswintl.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 5:22 PM
Subject: [Northkeep] Baronial Law...


> .. and now for the rest of the story (as Paul Harvey would say).
>
> Damon posted a lot of the background that I was unaware of as to why
> the Dionader was read into Baronial Law.  Here is the rest of the
> story.
>
> There is only one item of Baronial Law that I am aware of.  If I
> remember correctly, I may have even been the one who read it though I am
> certain I was present at that populace meeting.  It is specifically
> about the Dionader.  It specifies format and several other elements.  I
> believe there is a copy in the either the court book or the herald's
> files.  To the best of my knowledge, nothing else has been read into law
> as baronial law.
>
> Most groups don't have a law, they just have traditions.  The only real
> purposes for reading something like this into law is to 1) write it down
> so that third hand knowledge doesn't replace original intent and 2) to
> make it just slightly more difficult to change.  Our Baron and Baroness
> can read just about anything into Baronial Law so long as it is 1)
> actually read into law, 2) published (a copy of the Dionader should be
> in a Saga somewhere), 3) signed by the B&B and the seneschal (who should
> make sure that 4 is true), and 4) does not violate kingdom, SCA, or
> mundane law or corpora or by-laws, etc.  Writing things down can help
> preserve original intent so that after four years of drunken fireside
> stoytelling the format doesn't change because no one remembers the real
> intent.
>
> I will look into the files with Rosamund and see if we can find the
> herald's copy.  If so, I will forward to Their Excellencies and a copy
> to Diarmuid for the website.
>
> Etienne
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