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Final steps toward the Comune: introduction of the Minor and Major Councils and legification of the constitutional customs developed in the first two decades. Procedure of election on the basis of the trentacìe, districts for military conscriptions during the wars against the Empire: political participation is still formally linked to the duty of defending the country. Promissio maleficiorum: the doge swears to enforce the rules for criminal repression contained in the text. Legification of part of the existing judicial customs, in order to ensure consistency in the punishment of the most grave and the most frequent crimes. Equal ptotection against looting in case of shipwreck granted to foreigners. Corporal punishment a second choice after fines due to the State. Damages to the victim. Complete statalisation of criminal repression.