User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-74.186.125.13-20130508213613/@comment-80.216.216.3-20130511114526

And remember the imperials killed the guard who opened the door for Ulfric, even though not the guard nor Ulfric had done anything criminal according to Nord laws.

Duels are very much legal and part of Skyrims culture.