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[David Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

On 21 Feb 2003 at 19:10, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian G Batten
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >It is said, how accurately I do not
> know, that in Iceland it is >compulsory to repeal one piece of law for
> each new one that is passed.
> 
> What I read once was something slightly different: once a year the
> Althing had a session where an official (I forget his title)

The lawspeaker (I'm not even going to try that in Old Norse, which is 
essentially what Icelandic is).

> recited all the laws of Iceland.

As it was explained to me, I was standing on the site at the time, 
the lawspeaker had to remember all the laws. He spoke 1/3 of them at 
the (ISTR yearly) meeting, at the next meeting he spoke the next 1/3. 
However, my memory may be imperfect on this matter.



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