Articles of Heaven

Written by Seppun Hanako in 622 to aid the young and inexperienced Hantei XVII.

They are a set of legal reforms, touching on every aspect of the Empire's legal system and resulted ina new foundation gfor law in Rokugan.

They also regulated the use of torture, inctreased the quality of life for heimin and strict requirements for treatment of prisoners and hostages.

(3E p.13)