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A strong '''legal system''' was used to keep the client species of the [[Covenant]] in line. Many strictures were established by the [[Hierarchs]] to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society. | A strong '''legal system''' was used to keep the client species of the [[Covenant]] in line. Many strictures were established by the [[Hierarchs]] to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society. | ||
Certain laws can technically be changed or overruled by the Hierarchs, as evident of the [[Great Schism]] stripping the [[Sangheili]] of all their rights | Certain laws can technically be changed or overruled by the Hierarchs, as evident of the [[Great Schism]] stripping the [[Sangheili]] of all their rights although many saw this as unconstitutional as it violated the very [[Writ of Union]]. | ||
==Known laws== | ==Known laws== | ||
*Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Epilogue</ref> | *Failure to protect a Forerunner artifact is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: First Strike'', Epilogue</ref> | ||
*[[Hierarchs]] must rule following the ''[[Book of Hierarchs]]''. | *[[Hierarchs]] must rule following the ''[[Book of Hierarchs]]''. | ||
*The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted | *The modifying of Covenant and [[Forerunner]] technology without permission from the Hierarchs is heresy and the persons responsible shall be executed publicly;<ref name="CH">''Halo: Contact Harvest'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="TCP">''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'', Chapter 19</ref> this may lead to genocidal war when such heresy is conducted on a large scale.<ref name="CH"/> | ||
*Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death, | *Wielding an unsecured weapon near a Hierarch is punishable by death,<ref name="TCP"/> with the exception of [[Honor Guard]]s protecting them. | ||
*[[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]] are first class citizens above all other species | *[[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]] are first class citizens above all other species.<ref>[[Bestiarum]] "The Sangheili are, simply put, technological and societal equals of the Prophets yet, for a significant period, found themselves as the dominant military muscle for the entire Covenant structure"</ref> | ||
**Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref> | **Failure to obey an order, thus causing the endangerment of a [[San'Shyuum|Prophet]], is punishable by death.<ref>''Halo: The Flood'', Chapter 7</ref> | ||
**Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by death.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref> | **Murder of a [[Sangheili]] near a holy site is punishable by death.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe#Grunt Conversation|Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref> | ||
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===Known Hierarch decrees=== | ===Known Hierarch decrees=== | ||
*'''[[Ages of Reconciliation|First Age of Reconciliation]]''' | *'''[[Ages of Reconciliation|First Age of Reconciliation]]''' | ||
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*'''[[Ages of Doubt|Twenty-Ninth Age of Doubt]]''' | *'''[[Ages of Doubt|Twenty-Ninth Age of Doubt]]''' |