Simple legal system for Stainless Steel
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As some people may know I've created 4 governmental buildings for use in my mod - or anyone else's if they choose to use them.

One of the things I've been asked is if it's possible to create some form of legal system buildings for Stainless Steel.

Now, given that every country has developed its own legal system any system would have to be fairly generic and flexible. In particular it shouldn't be too closely tied to any single legal system or country. On the other hand, getting information on many country's legal history is not that simple.

So I've patterned this on the lines of the English system, but not tied it to any particular dates for the various changes that were made during the medieval period.

As you may know my Mod does not have castles representing regions, so I've no great interest in working out 2 lines of courts, one for towns and the other for castles. If people want courts in castles, you can either use the same buildings as the towns, or just have a basic manorial court.

As for the benefits that such buildings can bring, one of the problems is that with 6 levels, one can easily accumulate some massive benefits at the higher levels. However, experience shows that the AI won't build improvements unless there is a tangible benefit in doing so.

The most obvious bonus is the law_bonus bonus (LBB)

one might also include

happiness_bonus bonus (HBB)
trade_base_income_bonus bonus (TBIB)

So we have 6 possible levels of courts for towns, up to huge cities with capital hidden_resource.

We could arrange them thus:

Town - Borough Court - LBB 1

Large Town - Magistrates court - LBB 1; HBB 1

City - County Court - LBB 2; HBB 1

Large City - Assize Court - LBB 2; HBB 1; TBIB 1

Huge City - Law courts - LBB 3; HBB 2; TBIB 1

Huge city (capital) - Royal Court - LBB 3; HBB 2; TBIB 2

(We shall take as read that within regions there would be all the lower levels of courts co-existing with the named courts.)

We could also develop some ancilliaries which become available once the buildings are constructed:

Town - Shire Reeve
Large Town - Magistrate
City - Judge
Large City - Justice of Peace
Huge City - Law Lord
Huge City (capital) - Supreme Law Lord

having these in a generals entourage might give law benefits

(or maybe corruption?)

As these legal officers might be involved in recruitment they may give some recruitment /retraining bonus ?