If you like Nobilis, you might like case law about tariffs (yes, really)
So, I've posited before that the entire resolution system of Nobilis is semantics arguments. One of the major focuses of the game is finding out what happens when Platonic forms collide with reality, via lists of Estate properties. This can lead to arguments about where the boundaries of one Estate end and another begin.
Court cases about tariffs (import taxes) need to do almost exactly that. The most famous case of this type is Nix v. Hedden, the case about whether a tomato counted as a fruit or vegetable for the purpose of import taxes. Though most other cases in this vein are less interesting, it turns out that there is a place where you can find many, many more cases of this type.
That place is the website of the United States Court of International Trade. Specifically, you're looking for the list on the "Opinions and Orders" page. The cases on "1581(a)" are the ones you'll want to look at. (For previous years, look in the left sidebar.)
Why am I talking about this in terms of Nobilis specifically? For example, Jedwards Int'l, Inc. v. United States contains something that looks suspiciously like a set of Estate properties:
Plaintiff eschews the definition of animal oils in the Explanatory Notes, and instead proffers a more generic definition of the term “oil” that Plaintiff argues is “(1) viscous; (2) liquid or easily liquefiable at room temperatures; (3) combustible; (4) soluble in certain organic solvents such as ether but not in water; and (5) used in a great variety of products (e.g., foodstuffs, lubricants and fuels).”
These don't quite get at the dharma of Oil, and would need to be reworked significantly to make them useful for Persona miracles, but the spirit is there.
I wonder if anyone who works on that court has ever played Nobilis...
