1451年,瑞士洛桑市一个池塘里的水蛭们迎来了一场特殊的官司,当地的一位牧师认为池塘里的水蛭太过于繁茂,于是把水蛭告上了教会法庭。通常情况下,教会法庭受理的动物被控案(历史上这类案件不胜枚举),动物被告一般不必到庭参加诉讼。可这位牧师为了让水蛭亲耳听到法律对它们的审判,亲自下 In 1451, leeches in a pond in Lausanne, Switzerland ushered in a special lawsuit, a local pastor that the leeches in the pond is too lush, so leech to the Church Court. Often, the animals accepted by the church court are charged (as in the history of such cases are numerous), animal defendants generally do not have to attend court proceedings. But this priest in order to hear the ear of leech law to their trial, personally