A branch of the Fraternity of Order.
Head: Judge Jar Ree (NPC)
Description: Sometimes chanted as the more reasonable of the courts, these Guvners champion the strange practice of taking the popular opinion of the masses into account, often making rulings based on the collective judgment of the spirit, rather than the letter, of the Law.
Role in the Cage[]
Hurriedly formed following widespread unrest and disillusionment with the Triad as a whole, the Bureau of the People's Law primarily serve as the public relations branch of the Fraternity of Order, trying to uphold some baseline level of faith in the legal process of governance. Chant on the street is divided on this Bureau, with many loudly praising the introduction of some honest-to-Powers public representation in the legal system, though some Indep-sounding bashers claim it's all just propaganda. Falling under their purview are the provision of important legal information and the management of publicising trial results; the Guvners of the People's Law have also quietly attained authority for the censorship of unlawful or otherwise disorderly publications, a fact that is, of course, widely censored.
The Judges of the People's Law usually run their Courts with open trials, with many of their rulings following an intuitive judgment of the spirit of the law - or sometimes the opinion of the onlooking crowd. Consultants and advocates of the People's Law make tenacious foes in any Court of Law, making persuasive arguments that'll sway any jury, or even an unsuspecting Judge.
Philosophy[]
The ideology of this Bureau has a little more to it than meets the eye. See, the concept of 'the People's Law' is something of a misnomer, as it's not, in itself, saying that the will of the people has any merit; rather, these Guvners are more concerned about the Spirit of the Law rather than the precise letter and wording, an idea that pikes off Factol Hashkar to no end. And how can we determine the true Spirit of the Law? Belief is power, berk, so these canny cutters base it off what the public believe. The People's Law ain't what's right or good for the People themselves - it's the Law as the People collectively believe it should, or does, apply.
Now, plenty of people believe that the Bureau of the People's Law will rule in the favour of the intuitive outcome, or the outcome which helps the people as a whole in some way, and that's plenty true for some of these people-pleasers - but their authority over censorship and propaganda was no accident. Dark is, a lot of 'em ain't convinced that the People know what's good for 'em, so why leave the People's belief in Law to chance?