Episode 4: “No Crime More Foul, Pt. I”
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In this episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry & Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire ask: What is Guest Right and how does it apply to Westeros?
Our analysis this week includes:
- All your questions about Guest Right, answered!
- We talk about what Guest Right is, where it came from, and what you have to do to invoke it!
- We decide whether there’s a “bared steel” exception to Guest Right!
- Clint talks about suicide pacts, for funsies!
- We put some respect on Gilly’s name!
- Merry teaches us all about Xenia (Not the Warrior Princess)!
- In depth discussion of the elements of contract law in a way that is fun probably!
- We call the Freys bad names! A lot!
This episode is a necessary prelude to Part 2 of our Guest Right series, coming soon: No Crime More Foul, Pt. II: Did Wyman Manderly violate Guest Right? Don’t miss it!
Supplemental reading:
-For Clint’s AWARD WINNING essay that he won’t shut up about: Offer, Acceptance, Bread & Salt: A Legal Analysis of the Guest Right Contract.
-Merry gives a history lesson on Guest Right at the Northern Justice Panel at 2019 Con of Thrones.
Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY.
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