Trial by combat, at least the modern understanding of it, is a myth.  It was an extraordinarily rare event.  People forget that it was meant to always end in death.  Even if you survived combat, as the looser you were proven a liar before god and executed.  Trial by combat was a threat used to prevent parties from swearing oaths casually, something useful only in extremely religious societies and totally out of place today.  Letting people beat each other up over petty debts or teenage romances is never appropriate.<p>There is a dispute resolution mechanism for criminals.  It&#x27;s called organized crime.  The boss decides.