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Topic: Lawspeaker

	What is a lawspeaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In olden times, the lawspeaker was a member of the gotharship, chosen both for his impartiality and wisdom, as well as a thorough knowledge of the laws and legal precedents of his people.
		It is the role of the Lawspeaker to balance both sides of any arguments, maintain the peace, and lead the process of decision making.
		In company with the godhi, the lawspeaker is vital for providing direction and balance for the kindred.
	members.iquest.net /~chaviland/lawspeaker.html (157 words)

	Lawspeaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to the Westrogothic law, the lawspeaker was appointed for life by the yeomen of the province.
		From the mid-13th century and onwards, the lawspeakers became more attached to the king, and it was common that lawspeakers were members of the king's council.
		In 1947, the title was reintroduced for the presidents of the courts of appeal and with the reform in 1969, the presidents of the district courts and the county administrative courts were named lawspeakers (lagmän), whereas the presidents of the courts of appeal were named court of appeal lawspeakers (hovrättslagmän).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lawspeaker (885 words)

	Standing Orders of the Althing
		The first task of the Lawspeaker shall be to nominate a Thingman to become Moderator of the Althing, and the nominee will assume the position upon ratification by a consensus of the Althing.
		A new Lawspeaker or Moderator shall be elected as soon as the office becomes vacant.
		At the discretion of the Lawspeaker supplementary questions may be asked to elucidate an answer, and these questions and the response thereto shall be printed in the next Althing Journal.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /daphlawl/talossa/Stanord-peng.htm (2311 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Snorri Sturluson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He was twice lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Alþingi.
		He was the author of the Younger Edda or Prose Edda, which is comprised of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfe"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms.
		He quickly became known as a poet, but was also a successful lawyer, and from 1215 became the lawspeaker, or president of Iceland's legislative assembly and supreme court.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Snorri-Sturluson (2260 words)

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		Lawspeaker was blamed for not controlling his People and exiled by Mithros to one of the deepest and darkest caves in the entire Realm.
		Suddenly the noise of the water and constant ringing grew to an unbearable level and Tatiana, dizzy with pain, stumbled and lost her footing, falling off the side of the waterfall.
		She was in a cave behind the waterfall; Lawspeaker Firstwing’s cave by the sounds of things, for the ringing was as strong as it might be.
	u01wmd.supanet.com /piercings/fic/ancientmagic.txt (2640 words)

	Drafn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Elders of Drafn are the Drottin, the Lawspeaker, and the Lenderman.
		Is second to the Lawspeaker and assists the Lawspeaker with his or her activities.
		The Galdraman is appointed by the Lawspeaker with the consent of the Drottin and Lenderman.
	www.drafn.org /guidelines.html (2826 words)

	Drafn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Cloaks are blue with the following color borders: Blue - Candidates and friends; Red - Voting members; White - Peers; Gold - Senior members
		Elders of Drafn: The Elders of Drafn are the Drottin, the Lawspeaker, and the Lenderman.
		The Lawspeaker is responsible for maintaining, interpreting, and enforcing Drafn's guidelines.
	www.drafn.org /member.html (326 words)

	Snorri Sturluson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was twice lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing.
		There he became well-acquainted with King Hákon Hákonarson, visited Skúli jarl during the winter, and in the summer of 1219 met his Swedish colleague, the lawspeaker Eskil Magnusson (Bjälboätten) and his wife Kristina Nilsdotter Blake in Skara.
		They were both related to royal family and gave Snorri significant insight into the history of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snorri_Sturluson (575 words)

	Book of Law
		Tings are defined as an assembly of people, made up of either the King or appropriate Baron, the Lawspeaker or a Judge in absence, the Kuidr, that is a panel to establish the facts, and a Jury.
		The Lawspeaker or Judge will advise the Jury what the Law says about the crime committed and the accused will either be convicted or declared innocent by a majority vote from the Jury.
		You shall enquire of High Treason if there be any amongst you that do compass, imagine or intend the death of the King or his children or of his consort, his Barons, to wage war or be adherent to his enemies.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /matthew.bridgewilkinson/kingship/book_of_law.htm (3128 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla
		Snorri's mother, Guthný, was the daughter of Bothvar Thortharson, who reckoned among his ancestors the redoubted fighter and great poet, Egil Skallagrímsson, as well as the lawspeaker and able skald, Markús Skeggjason; while on the spindle side she was likewise a descendant of Snorri the Priest.
		That Snorri as a comparatively young man was elected lawspeaker for the Althing, the yearly general assembly, bespeaks the respect of his peers for his ability.
		As the laws were not written to begin with, the lawspeaker's duties involved pronouncing the letter of the law in any case of doubt; and in Iceland, in particular, reciting the body of the law once a year before the assembled Althing.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exsnohei.html (7500 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Saint Birgitta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining.
		The most celebrated saint of Sweden and the northern kingdoms, was the daughter of Birger Persson, governor and lawspeaker of Uppland, and one of the richest landowners of the country.
		In 1316 she was married to Ulf Gudmarson, lord of Närke, to whom she bore eight children, one of whom was afterwards honoured as St.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saint-Birgitta (1545 words)

	TDG Travel -- Destination Guides - Europe & Russia - Europe - Iceland
		The chieftains rejected the idea of a paramount leader, and instead decided, in 930, on a Commonwealth governed by a national assembly, or Alþing, which came to be held for two weeks every summer at Þingvellir in southwestern Iceland.
		Here laws were recited by a lawspeaker so that everyone would know them, and disputes settled by four regional courts, with a supreme court formed early in eleventh century.
		Legal settlement typically involved payment to the injured party or their family; the highest punishment was not death but being declared an outlaw, thus being exiled from Iceland.
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	DragonBear History: All That:
		and the Lawspeaker, chairman of the lögrétta, elected to a three-year term during which he was to recite the entire body of law once through (one-third each year), and otherwise to advise on fine points of law.
		Often, when the question of electing kings (or sometimes barons!) in the SCA comes up, someone cites the Althing and the Lawspeaker as period precedent for democratic elections.
		Although the Lawspeaker was the only "national-level" official of the Free State, he was not a head of state in any meaningful sense.
	www.dragonbear.com /althing.html (1392 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The centre of the gathering was the Lögberg, or Law Rock, a rocky outcrop on which the Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) took his seat as the presiding official of the assembly.
		It was comprised of the 39 district goðar plus nine additional members and the Lawspeaker.
		As the legislative section of the Althingi, the Lögrétta took a stand on legal conflicts, adopted new laws and granted exemptions to existing laws.
	www.althingi.is /ekysag/nra-d/i2a.shtml (413 words)

	Personality Traits: How Many? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One personality trait which always seems to make its way onto any lawspeaker's hero sheet is some variation on Pedantic or Nit-picking, hence their tendency to get nutted by so-called "men of action" who want to accomplish things in their own particular...
		Consider that an alternate way of handling this, is simply to consider the character's response to the personality trait in question, and then give the character their own relationship to represent this.
		The problem with it, and why I might use the other method, is that it's a lot of extra recordkeeping that may become pointless when, for instance, the Lawspeaker bites it having been left to fend off that cave bear by himself.
	www.indie-rpgs.com /viewtopic.php?t=9728&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 (2640 words)

	Alaina's Pictures :: It's your þing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is the spot of the original Alþhing, where the Lawspeaker stood in front of the gathered leaders and read the laws.
		They chose this spot (or something close by) because the Lawspeaker's voice would reverberate off of the stone wall behind the assembled crowd.
		The Alþhing is the world's longest surviving form of government, and is now Iceland's parliament.
	www.nerdgrrl.org /gallery/thingvellir (154 words)

	Ordered anarchy: medieval Iceland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At this first gathering of the Alþing a lawspeaker was elected to recite the laws each year, since writing had not yet begun.
		As the name of the Law-Council, the Lögrétta,16 suggests, the purpose was to put the law right; the Lawspeaker would recite laws that he thought were relevant and amend older ones if he found it necessary.
		In support of this claim I note that the Lawspeaker was required by law to consult with at least five knowledgeable people if he had any doubts as to what the law was or should be.
	www.hi.is /~bthru/iep.htm (7527 words)

	Tales of Ralios (part 4)
		They showed a rubbing from the plinth to the Kiftori lawspeaker, who claimed the writing was ancient Naskori.
		Ekel Field-Destroyer received them with all honors, respecting the fact that they were offering to settle without a suit (which would have had to be resolved by the King of Delela, since the Melvori clan was part of the Atnakol tribe, and the Belovaking clan was part of the Riagos tribe.
		However, the Belovaking lawspeaker raised the issue of offsetting wounds suffered by the Belovaking and Karbaring warriors.
	www.pensee.com /dunham/ralios/tales4.html (1749 words)

	Quiz Results - January 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Lawspeaker recited the constitution every year and all the laws over a three year period.
		The Lawspeaker had a salary from the Althing and he thus seems to be the only man rewarded in that way by the Althing.
		Even though the Lawspeaker was a most honored man, he was not excepted from the Law.
	www.skeptics.com.au /quiz/0101.htm (5272 words)

	TDG Travel -- Destination Guides - Europe & Russia - Europe - Iceland
		Back in Norway, Thangabrand's unfavourable reports infuriated Ólafur, who was only prevented from executing all Icelanders in the country by the Icelandic chieftain Gizur the White, who promised to champion the new religion at home.
		Gizur mustered his forces and rode to the Alþing in 1000, where civil war was only averted by the lawspeaker Þorgeir, who - having made pagan and Christian alike swear to accept his decision - chose Christianity as Iceland's official religion, though pagans were initially allowed to maintain their beliefs in private.
		Gizur the White's son Ísleifur became Iceland's first bishop in 1056, and his homestead at Skálholt near Þingvellir was made the bishop's seat, with a second, northern diocese founded in 1106 at Hólar.
	destinations.tdgtravel.com /index.jsp?cid=91484&action=viewLocation&formId=73827 (309 words)

	Mything Links - The Test of the Water Dog by Harald Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He spoke to the Lawspeaker and the Wentorth then of his deeds and actions and they marveled at his prowess.
		He spoke to the Lawspeaker and the Wentorth then of his gifts and they marveled at this rewards.
		He spoke to the Lawspeaker and the Wentorth then of the beauty of the love of Yerdetha and Galpolin, the horror of their separation, and the feelings in his heart.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Realm/5545/mything/waterdog.html (1564 words)

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		Age is greatly respected in a leader, as is a talent for channeling magick.
		Laws/Legal System: Loosely codified and, though written down in one or two places, are generally held in the memory of the 'lawspeaker'.
		The lawspeaker will be a village elder who has the task of resolving local disputes and crimes.
	www.lyonet.net /rpgs/praedia/fish_over.htm (960 words)

	Manx Camp Info/Overview
		In Iceland, the local sessions lasted for one week, followed by the Althyng which lasted two weeks, which was in turn followed by a brief one or two day session in the autumn where laws were announced, as well as notices such as of outlawry, and in Christian times the church schedule of saint's days.
		In Iceland the Althyng was overseen by the Lawspeaker, among whose duties was the recitation of 1/3 of the laws each year of his three-year term.
		Today, all new laws are still recited from Tynwald, where a mound has been sculpted into terraces on top of which the lawspeaker stands.
	www.dilettante.info /vikingpages/Manx/IsleofMan_article.htm (968 words)

	Rumours, legends and hooks
		Two played on the harp, one was the master of the flute, and the last was a drummer.
		At the table of the feast Kangbard the Old, Lawspeaker of the clan, did warn the chief to take heed with the musicians.
		Rumours has it that the heart is Kangbard's, and that it was carved out of his body that fateful night.
	home.swipnet.se /%7Ew-59453/rumours.html (2125 words)

	Wesley's Glorantha Site - Resources
		Bödmóðr Black-Face was once a jolly farmer and respected lawspeaker.
		Ottbjorg's constant reminders of his death and rebirth have changed him into a brooding, hateful warrior with terrifying single-mindedness: slay those that slew him or die trying - though at times she reduces him to a mewling babe.
		Know local area is in both warrior and farmer.
	www.celtic-webs.com /glorantha/resources/characters/bodmodr.html (97 words)

	Members of the Culbrea Clan Ring
		This Lawspeaker (who is also a very popular juror, thanks to his long memory) holds the Lhankor Mhy-position, due to the continual absence of the pure Lhankor Mhyings.
		This staff is held by the Lawspeaker of the Culbri Ring (currently Loricon the Poet) to denote his status.
		It is a symbol of the first Lawstaff brought by King Heort to his people.
	home.swipnet.se /%7Ew-59453/ring.html (715 words)

	Internet Villain
		On 21 Feb 2003 at 19:10, Clive D. Feather wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian G Batten > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >It is said, how accurately I do not > know, that in Iceland it is >compulsory to repeal one piece of law for > each new one that is passed.
		As it was explained to me, I was standing on the site at the time, the lawspeaker had to remember all the laws.
		He spoke 1/3 of them at the (ISTR yearly) meeting, at the next meeting he spoke the next 1/3.
	lists.virus.org /ukcrypto-0302/msg00511.html (201 words)

	KotH - Battle of Green IV (the Advisors) - MTG Salvation
		Lawspeaker Greebo opens to gates of Green Hill to the humans from the White Hill.
		In a scintillating performance, one of the human settlers, void_nothing, grabbed the spotlight by building bridges between the Elven and Human communities.
		His charisma has lured legions of followers and admirers from both races, and Lawspeaker Greebo himself was impressed, and offered void_nothing the title of being the Green Hill's second Lawspeaker.
	forums.mtgsalvation.com /showthread.php?t=33372 (1137 words)

	Greenlanders
		In the beginning, the Lawspeaker spoke the laws for three days.
		In the end, the lawspeaker did not remember the laws and only mumbled for part of one day.
		In the beginning, the bishop lived among them and ordained lawful priests and offered wheaten hosts and cups of wine.
	www.storyfest.com /x7smileyj1greenlanders.html (1184 words)

	Ragngautr Kindred Bylaws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Article D: The Lawspeaker of Ragngautr Kindred shall be the same person as the Tribunal leader.
		Eligible members may take on the aforementioned teaching responsibilities if all parties are in agreement.
		Article D: No member of Ragngautr Kindred shall, by force or coercion, be required to participate in any event or proceeding which may, by the Lawspeaker of the kindred, be deemed to be in conflict with, or in opposition to, the by-laws and/or tenets of Ragngautr Kindred.
	ragngautr-kindred.org /bylaws.html (507 words)

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