The Christian Celts of Iberia, Ireland, Scotland as well as the Christian Celts of America had a legal system that reflected the teachings of the Christian Bible. The system was called the Tanistry which means the administration of law by deputies of the king. In the obscurity of the mists of olden time a desire would arise to replace armed combat by arbitration. And it would seem a desirable thing that land boundaries should be fixed without recourse to moats. Henceforth cases involving wrongdoing are to be made over to the wisest men.
Any case is to be brought to judgment without delay.
Henceforth in any case involving false utterances let amends be paid in compensation for the harm. Henceforth if a complainant be merciful, let the judges also be merciful. If a malicious man utter lying words that another declares to be slanderous, to the measure of his tongue-loose recklessness shall he transport heavy burdens for the other man. The Columbus mystique has been so impressed on the American people that we are blinded to facts. Such again is the case of the colonists from Norway.