The Lawyer Can't Choose the World He Protects - Vol. 2 Ch. 5 - Corrupt Nobles and Mayonnaise (Part 1)

[MangaDex]

 

[Miserys_End]

NGL, this one seems to be a lot harder to litigate. Human rights means little in a feudal system. Even if there are over aching laws that supposedly protect the people. The existing nobility just have way more buttons, switches, and levers to push, flip, and pull to get their desired results.

Not to say the MC won't Matlock his way out of the case, but it still should be infinitely harder then proving a dragon didn't intentionally kill the meatshield because the support mage tampered with their defenses.

 

[Babymech2]

I mean, we're all in favor of eliminating slave laws, but could Japan think for a second about not trying to colonize every country they come across?

 

[nomadicengi]

NGL, this one seems to be a lot harder to litigate. Human rights means little in a feudal system. Even if there are over aching laws that supposedly protect the people. The existing nobility just have way more buttons, switches, and levers to push, flip, and pull to get their desired results.

Not to say the MC won't Matlock his way out of the case, but it still should be infinitely harder then proving a dragon didn't intentionally kill the meatshield because the support mage tampered with their defenses.

To be truth thou, Nobles will definitely make mistakes and committing the wrong sequence of buttons and levers can easily cause their inevitable demise.

I mean, look at the French. People revolted against the nobility after problems started to stack up to the point that the public can't take it anymore.

 

[Miserys_End]

To be truth thou, Nobles will definitely make mistakes and committing the wrong sequence of buttons and levers can easily cause their inevitable demise.

I mean, look at the French. People revolted against the nobility after problems started to stack up to the point that the public can't take it anymore.

You're not wrong, but it sometimes feels that nobles in a fantasy setting get almost as much plotarmor as your average protagonist. Not so much directly, but in that the existing bureaucracy is so laughably corrupt and unstable, that it surprising that it's able to function at all, let alone the centuries that it has existed unchanged.

 

[nomadicengi]

You're not wrong, but it sometimes feels that nobles in a fantasy setting get almost as much plotarmor as your average protagonist. Not so much directly, but in that the existing bureaucracy is so laughably corrupt and unstable, that it surprising that it's able to function at all, let alone the centuries that it has existed unchanged.

You can't really expect much from fantasy settings unless the author really bothered on making a complex but fragile political system.

Then again, if the author did adopt the laws of a state religion then dynamics between that religious organization should be shown as well. A bit weird that none of it are shown here but then again, gods can walk that world with no percussion so I guess certain things can be omitted.

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

Shouldn't she just be able to counter-sue him for sexual harassement and extorsion if the Holy Code is just the Japanese law?

 

[Miserys_End]

You can't really expect much from fantasy settings unless the author really bothered on making a complex but fragile political system.

Then again, if the author did adopt the laws of a state religion then dynamics between that religious organization should be shown as well. A bit weird that none of it are shown here but then again, gods can walk that world with no percussion so I guess certain things can be omitted.

For most manga it shouldn't matter, government beyond a noble or two just don't heavily influence the story. But if it features kingdom building, or heavy political themes, you would expect the author to do atleast a little research to keep the bureaucracies from devolving into a dumpsterfire. Yes I know this doesn't happen most of the time, but that doesn't mean I can't lament their short sightedness.

 

[Milanin]

NGL, this one seems to be a lot harder to litigate. Human rights means little in a feudal system. Even if there are over aching laws that supposedly protect the people. The existing nobility just have way more buttons, switches, and levers to push, flip, and pull to get their desired results.

Not to say the MC won't Matlock his way out of the case, but it still should be infinitely harder then proving a dragon didn't intentionally kill the meatshield because the support mage tampered with their defenses.

Contract law and coercion will probably be used as defence

 

[nomadicengi]

For most manga it shouldn't matter, government beyond a noble or two just don't heavily influence the story. But if it features kingdom building, or heavy political themes, you would expect the author to do atleast a little research to keep the bureaucracies from devolving into a dumpsterfire. Yes I know this doesn't happen most of the time, but that doesn't mean I can't lament their short sightedness.

Yeah, there should be some kind of negative backlash somewhere but they have been isekai-ing the Japanese for who knows when so it's going to be hard to place a point in time where their changes has bought massive effects on that world.

Pretty sure that's the author's get away card for the bureaucratic mess the world is in. It's an easy to play card but it also weakens the world building and if something random occurs, it's definitely going to be out of place for the story and the ones going to be blamed are the isekai'd individuals. I think it's usually the reason why isekai is being used for it, a band aid solution for something IRL to occur in a fantasy setting but how you deal with the limitation of the genre is the key of how you'll stand out for this kind of stories.

To be truth thou, messes like that have been happening for centuries in human history. It just a different take at that time and the people who tend to write isekai stories tend to forget that.

 

[MagnaDrake]

NGL, this one seems to be a lot harder to litigate. Human rights means little in a feudal system. Even if there are over aching laws that supposedly protect the people. The existing nobility just have way more buttons, switches, and levers to push, flip, and pull to get their desired results.

Not to say the MC won't Matlock his way out of the case, but it still should be infinitely harder then proving a dragon didn't intentionally kill the meatshield because the support mage tampered with their defenses.

I agree. I have a feeling they need to countersue on a different claim to win. The keyword was the king explaining that there are groups of powers actively trying to control/change the Code, so there might be some sections that the nobles, corrupt as they are, missed.

 

[chanzy7]

My guy you will bow for the King, but it's not crossing your mind for the Goddess? Haha!

Interesting, the elf prosecutor will have more appearances? She's not a complete Payne then.