A closer look
Ancient legal codes of the medieval Germanic tribes featured incredibly specific, legally binding financial compensation rates for severing various body parts of your neighbors. This meant you could literally calculate the exact depreciating market value of your annoying rival's left index finger versus their right ear before deciding whether or not the assault was actually within your current monthly budget. It was an incredibly pragmatic, pre-capitalist approach to civil litigation that basically treated physical violence as a premium subscription service with transparent pricing tiers. Modern personal injury lawyers would absolutely kill for this level of standardized fiscal clarity, as it completely removes the stressful guesswork from catastrophic workplace accidents
