I’m just waiting for the flood that overwhelms all the old non maintained canals and local access until such a time as Kristina putters in on her barge boat and serves as the disaster command post
There are three major dams that didn't need rebuilding after TTL's WWII, you never know...I’m just waiting for the flood that overwhelms all the old non maintained canals and local access until such a time as Kristina putters in on her barge boat and serves as the disaster command post
Legal precedent (that are far weaker in the German codified system than in the Anglo Common Law system) and contracts, maybe. (And a lot of that should have been cleared out during mediatisation during/after the Napoleonic wars.) But actual law should have been cleared out even TTL. OTL the oldest German law still in force appears to be the Konkursordnung (bankruptcy act) from 1877. (Compared to Austria that still uses parts of the ABGB [lit. Common civil law book] of 1812.)Sadly my German legal expert is no longer on this site, but I'd happily put money on the fact that its legal precedents are still with us today, after the dissolution of the HRE, the unification of Germany, WW1, WW2, Disunification of Germany, Reunification of Germany 2 (Now with less Prussia!) and the EU.
It is not for nothing that the Germans have a stereotype of being fastidious when it comes to rules and laws.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Meta sooner or later ends up tied up behind the Imperial War Museum once again. Probably Kiki 'loaning' it to them, but it soon ending up a permanent part of an exhibition that everyone is careful not to tell Kiki about...Once again Kiki should use the Meta as her support boat and Palace Security should also start thinking about either leasing or buying boats for their use in providing security for their protectees.
Magdeburg Water Bridge, the aqueduct over the Elbe River that was mentioned. In OTL it wasn't completed until the 1990's due to the partition of Germany. ITTL it was completed in the 1950's.
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I am perfectly aware that a barge like the Meta has a top speed around 11 to 12 KM/H. A barge like that is possibly the one of the best examples of economy over speed.I love the idea of a river barge „surging forward“. Even practically empty you can easily stay with them on foot for the first 100 m and even a moderate runner will not be outpaced on a kilometer long track.
Granted, but every legal system that has teams of Lawyers searching for every advantage they can find and it is astonishing how often they will dig up long forgotten Case Law to bolster their case. Would you really put it past a group of Lawyers to argue a case with dusty documents from an attic somewhere, even if they know they are technically obsolete and no longer apply?Othala you nailed it. There are two big legal systems one is case law (USA and the UK the most known countries) the other is codified law with France and Germany being the most well known examples.
So precedents from medieval times do not matter and in the late 19th century a lot of common legislation was passed. A truly epic work which in many cases still works out more than a century later. The HGB (Commerce law) and the BGB (common law) have clauses in them that are the same since they were first put into use.
They aren't technically obsolete, they are obsolete when it comes to law. Case Law as it is understood in the US and UK does not exist in Germany, let alone old judgements from a time when not just the laws, but the legal system was very different than what it was after the historical breaks of the 19th century. (1806-1871 and all that happened in between, probably add 1919 (?) for this one, with that 'revolution' going on in Berlin. But no Weimar, no Nazis with their own breaks.) If it's not in the legal codex (or at least in a Gesetzblatt/government gazette) it doesn't apply. So no German lawyer will dig up old 'Case Law'. There are some cases where courts set precedents, especially the highest courts, but it's generally understood that due to separation of powers the courts do not have a legislative power. And that is generally just filling in gaps - for example 'Does secrecy of letters apply to email?' or 'Does a computer with an internet connection count as a TV for the purpose of Television licences?'. (To use some modern examples.)Granted, but every legal system that has teams of Lawyers searching for every advantage they can find and it is astonishing how often they will dig up long forgotten Case Law to bolster their case. Would you really put it past a group of Lawyers to argue a case with dusty documents from an attic somewhere, even if they know they are technically obsolete and no longer apply?
Magdeburg Water Bridge, the aqueduct over the Elbe River that was mentioned. In OTL it wasn't completed until the 1990's due to the partition of Germany. ITTL it was completed in the 1950's.
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As long as the Falkirk Boat Lift still gets built ITTL.Shit man, thats awesome.
Louisiana never did anything like that. It was the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad with a assistance of State of Iowa who did.So something like Louisiana building a low ceiling bridge across the Mississippi to block large ships to go upstream would not have been possible in Germany 1871 and onwards.
This seems kind of silly, everyone did what they were supposed to do in that incident. Are the guardsmen some of the people who think that Kiki being a decorated combat veteran is all a big act, or is Bran simply misreading the entire situation.There were the three men from the Foot Guard who barely hid the disdain that they had for the Princess. It seemed that the year before, four of their own had died in unfortunate circumstances and they blamed for what had happened.
Two possible lines of thought by the guardsmen (who probably don't believe that she didn't know she was pregnant).This seems kind of silly, everyone did what they were supposed to do in that incident. Are the guardsmen some of the people who think that Kiki being a decorated combat veteran is all a big act, or is Bran simply misreading the entire situation.