The Issue of Public Wrongs

At earliest English law, because of a lack of legislative law and because of a lack of a place and process to turn to, people were left to blood feuds for resolution of conflict. You hurt me, I killed you. Then your uncle killed me, so my dad killed your dad, etc. В раннем английском праве, из-за отсутствия законодательства, отсутствия места и процедуры обращения, люди остались на кровной месте для разрешения конфликта. Ты сделал мне больно, я убил тебя. Тогда твой дядя убил меня, так что мой папа убил твоего отца, и т.д.
The community got tired of this. The local baron was worried about the drain on his fighting force. And local religious leaders had a hard time putting a feud into theologically permissive behavior.