How would a modern legal system address a dispute between two women claiming parentage of a baby using only what was available in the time of King Solomon?
from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 31 Aug 22:30
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from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 31 Aug 22:30
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Did he solve the issue basically perfectly for the time, and how might a modern judge have achieved the presumably correct and same verdict short of the more gruesome original hypothetical approach
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NAL, but I think the “cut the baby in half” is still done, just using time. After all, divorced parents do this all the time, they first make sure both parents are fit, and if they’re deemed equal they decide on custody. Of course there are many things that go into it. I was with my dad on weekends and my mom during the week so I could go to school
Ya, theres often the overriding factor of what gives rhe child the best and most consistent lifestyle altho that sure as hell wasnt the case when I had that wrongly decided for me for the child labor enthusiast and violence prone mother who won over the higher income and stabler father
The modern legal system would have both parties compile evidence for their case, then present their cases to a judge. Probably the most compelling would be witnesses who could attest that the baby was one woman’s or anothers, or else pictures of the woman holding the baby as a newborn. The judge would decide who had the most compelling case, then go to lunch.