Chapter 2774 Candidate for Justice New Primary School
When you arrive at the entrance of the court, you will first see a small square, which can be used for public trials. In the small area from the square into the court, there is a small code sculpture.
This was made by Xia Duo himself. The reason why it was placed at the entrance of the court was to remind everyone who entered from now on - to give in to the code!
In other words, the Code is above all else.
Xia Duo's visit was no exception. You could only enter the courtroom by bypassing the statue of the Code. Similar to the Government Affairs Office, the first thing you entered was a hall.
But it is not the trial court that ordinary people imagine, but workstations, and territorial judges wearing robes sit on the workstations.
Most of them are trainee judges, who are either studying legal texts or reviewing past trial documents.
Of course, there are also some relatively outstanding people who can join forces to preside over trials. The so-called presiding over trials actually means allowing a judgment to be made on a certain case document, and it does not necessarily have to be conducted in public.
Most trials are held behind closed doors.
Only formal judges can independently judge a case. Of course, if the case is serious, multiple formal judges will be arranged to jointly try it.
Cases here range from neighborhood disputes to serious incidents. The police station only records the cases, and then the documents are transferred to the court and the results are given.
Except for public hearings, courts generally do not receive ordinary people. If ordinary people have disputes, they can report the case to the Government Affairs Department or the Public Security Bureau. Afterwards, the Public Security Bureau will be responsible for the investigation and compile documents and files and submit them to the court.
The reason for this is to ensure the nobility and sanctity of the court and the law.
Of course, just as the law itself will become outdated, it is impossible for the court to guarantee that every case will be flawless, but it also has a response mechanism.
Similar to the practice on Earth, if you don't agree with the outcome of the trial, you can continue to appeal. You can appeal to the chancellor for the first time, which is currently Leiden. If you don't agree with the outcome of the appeal, you can continue to appeal to the lord.
That is, Xia Duo's side.
This is the final judgment on Xia Duo's side. Even if he doesn't agree with it, he still has to accept it. This reflects the authority and coercion of the law.
Today's courtroom has no decoration at all and looks like a rough room, but the work of the judges inside is far busier than that at the Government Affairs Office.
As an independent territory with a statutory legal system, most territorial affairs are closely related to the law. Not only the Public Security Bureau, but also the Government Affairs Department often have documents that require court opinions.
The current territorial court is equivalent to the judge in a large program system. It is indeed the busiest one, and it is also a crucial link.
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Xia Duo took a tour inside and immediately left without stopping. He didn't want to affect the normal work of the judge inside.
When they got outside, Chateau asked Leighton, "Do you have any recommendations for the successor justice?"
Leiden thought for a while and mentioned two, "There are currently two candidates. One is the former assistant priest of the Saville Temple. Although he came into contact with the Bactrian Code relatively late, he got started quickly and is currently familiar with all kinds of laws.
Very proficient in practical matters.
"The other is a student I taught before—Amics. Amics is slightly lacking in legal practice, but he has advanced legal intuition and will be a powerful assistant in improving the territory's legal system in the future."
This means that one is good at practice and the other is good at theory.
Of course, the theory of the former and the practice of the latter are not too bad, but they are slightly inferior to what they are proficient in.
"Then just set up two justices!"
No one has ever stipulated that there can only be one justice, two or even more can be used. This is just a judge position. If there are more justices in the future, there can even be a chief justice!
Of course, the judge's rank can also be more detailed, similar to the mage's rank, divided into levels one, two, three, four, five and six.
This is all possible, just arrange it according to actual needs. Xia Duo never expects to get a set of plans that can be fixed once and for all. It is a basic requirement to change at any time according to reality.
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During the conversation, two territorial justices were confirmed, but Xia Duo's trip was still not over. Looking south from the square in front of the court, from west to east were hospitals, schools and canteens under construction.
Among them, the hospital was specially proposed by Xia Duo in order to divide the functions of the temple. The court had actually divided the judicial power of the temple, strengthened this part of the power, and incorporated it into the territorial system.
Instead of being outside the territorial system like in the past.
The hospital will divide the therapeutic functions of temples or clergy. From now on, only doctors, not priests, can perform therapeutic methods in Daxia Territory.
For the temple and priests of the Lord of Glory, as long as their functions of judgment, treatment, and literacy are cut off, there will basically be nothing left.
Of course, temples and priests can still exist, but they can no longer participate in trials or treatments as priests. If you want to participate in trials, you can only join the court and become a territorial judge.
Or enter a hospital and become a territorial doctor.
Or enter a school and become a territorial teacher.
If you are not willing to choose these options, you can only study theology, pray for the lords and people, occasionally show up in some celebrations, act as a mascot, and become a real clergy outside the secular world.
Correspondingly, the territory will also provide basic supplies as compensation for the relevant personnel's prayers to the gods. However, if the temple or priest accepts donations from ordinary people, they need to be punished.
Relevant laws are already in the process of being formulated. This law can only be officially implemented after hospitals and schools have been operating for a period of time and are familiar to the local residents.
Xia Duo doesn't have many requirements for the hospital. At present, the so-called medical level in this era is more based on magic, and it can be built first.
As for the cafeteria, the territory had a relatively complete set of experiences in the past, so he didn't need to worry about anything. What he cared about most was actually the school.
Education itself is a policy that the territory attaches most importance to, and schools, as an important carrier of this policy, cannot be overemphasized.
Xia Duo pointed to the schools under construction in the south and told Leiden, "In addition to this junior high school, we also need to build some primary schools in the villages. This matter will be easy to handle this year!"
"Yes, sir, I promise to complete the mission."
Only one month has passed today, and Leiden is still very confident about this, but Shado is not completely reassured. It is not that he is worried about what will happen to Leiden, but that the population of the territory has almost doubled last year.
This is not only a challenge for the Tower of Time to recruit new students, but also a big challenge for enlightenment education. School site selection and construction, teaching staff arrangements, enrollment, etc., many issues are weighing on Sha Duo's mind.
