How was Germanic law, with its use of trial by ordeal, a step backwards for Western Europe?

A. Germanic law was less effective in promoting prosperity than Roman law.

B. Germanic law required the use of more judges and lawyers than Roman law.

C. Germanic law could be applied to fewer classes of people than Roman law.

D. Germanic law was not based on the use of reason or evidence to determine guilt.

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Kole Preston

1 March, 11:52

How was Germanic law, with its use of trial by ordeal, a step backwards for Western Europe?

A. Germanic law was less effective in promoting prosperity than Roman law.

B. Germanic law required the use of more judges and lawyers than Roman law.

C. Germanic law could be applied to fewer classes of people than Roman law.

D. Germanic law was not based on the use of reason or evidence to determine guilt.

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Sydney Pierce · Answer 1

D. Germanic law was not based on the use of reason or evidence to determine guilt.

Explanation:

Germanic law, is basically applied in principle when determining cases, this principles is however based on compensation instead of revenge.

Also, Germanic law system make use of trial by ordeal, in sense that in other to prove guilt or innocence of the parties involved in any case, the law make use of ordeal of the cross, in which both the plaintiff and defendant will stand on either side of a cross and stretched out their hands horizontally. The one to first lower his arms lost.

Hence, Germanic law, with its use of trial by ordeal, is a step backwards for Western Europe, because, Germanic law was not based on the use of reason or evidence to determine guilt.