In this episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry & Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire and ask: Was it legal for Cersei Lannister to be tried or removed by the Faith or Small Counsel?
Our analysis this week includes:
We will have a twitter poll up for the week following the publishing of this episode to determine the following questions: 1) Did the Faith have the right to detain and try Cersei? 2) Did the Small Counsel have the right to remove her as Queen Regent?
Supplemental reading:
-BryndenBFish’s theory on the results of Cersei’s trial.
-Westeros, An American Musical, Act One, and Act Two.
-BryndenBFish on the Faith Militant and Cersei Lanniser, and on an alliance with god.
-Steven Attewell on the reach of the Sparrows, and on good rulers in Westeros.
-PoorQuentyn on Cersei’s argument that a ruler owes no duty to her people.
Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY.
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