Editing Dolsia (section)

=== Legal System ===
In theory, the Dolsian legal system is impartial and fair. When you are wronged, you can bring your case to court, where lawyers will present the evidence and a judge will make a ruling based on that evidence. Sometimes, a case will have both prosecutors and defense lawyers present in a trial, but sometimes, lawyers are expected to act impartially and serve as both roles. In this way, Dolsian lawyers and historians are very closely tied jobs: a lawyer will consult historical precedent and similar cases when compiling evidence. Cases that can be more "objectively" proven, like disagreements on a legal definition, will typically be served by only one lawyer. One lawyer is also typical for poor litigants. Two lawyers are more often seen in emotionally charged or subjective cases, like violent crimes. Richer Dolsians typically employ two lawyers as well.

In practice, however, this system is rife with corruption. There are no juries, and members of the local aristocracy--the High Families--fill the roles of judges. On top of that, lawyers need to stay on good terms with the High Families to access their private records for cases, and many High Families patronize law firms as a "public service". A lawyer that upsets the High Families loses funding and resources for future cases. Because of all this, its an unspoken rule that virtually any case against a member of the High Families is doomed to failure, unless the evidence is overwhelmingly obviously against them. Lawyers can refuse to present their case to a specific judge, but doing so does run the risk of upsetting the High Family in question, depending on how well that judge is liked by the rest of their family.