Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by Michele

Actually, assessments like these have historically taken place, in cases when either there wasn't an obvious heir or if the general situation was unstable. There wasn't a fixed and stated numerical value and the various factors were weighed essentially by the consensus (or lack thereof) of the nobility, but at the end of the day, choices were made based on such assessments.

It tended to be the way the English succession would work out in the days of the Wittanagemot and was the logical effect of Parliamentary Supremacy in it's early stages. The Hanover-Stuart wars were in effect one faction claiming a right to "points" though it didn't call it that and another claiming direct succession.

The main problem I see with bluntly calling it a points system is that it is impossible to find final agreement on the points and it will be like judging a figure skating contest. The effect will either be Parliamentary Supremacy (which we already know about) or a frank electoral monarchy which isn't quite the same thing (I don't think Jon Sobieski had any notable royal blood recorded though someone will correct me on that).