Yeah. I went into hand-waving-territiry, because didn't have any concrete references at hand. In medieval history, there is a distinction to be made between rom

Yeah. I went into hand-waving-territiry, because didn't have any concrete references at hand. In medieval history, there is a distinction to be made between roman and germanic law. The concept of roman law is that things are written down and a crime is interpreted in relation to the formal, written text. In germanic law, things are much more contextual. There weren't a lot of formal laws, instead you'll have collection of respected eldars pass judgement. So basically, roman law is pretty much what we have today. Now, I still haven't directly answered your question of course, but the fact that the whole concept of law can be traced back to the romans is at least fairly close.