Frankly, without this law justice and fairness would be a joke, for people would be twisting the truth to get their way and to gain more and more of whatever they wanted. Moreover, the wealthy and powerful would be paying witnesses to testify for them. There would be no true justice, not without this law that governs slander and perjury, that prohibits false reports and lying in court, and in day-to-day experiences and conversations. The law governs four general cases that are to be applied to all