I was listening to a pretty well-respected Spanish philosopher -José Antonio Marina- at a recent conference and he talked about a historical episode that I'm struggling to find more information about.

In the context of valuing the importance of the rule of law, he said in the old Persian Empire -almost sure about the period-, when a king died, for 5 days all laws were suspended in order to make people understand the value of the law and order -obviously, those days were complete chaos- before the designation of the new ruler.

Has anyone any information about this fact?

Thanks in advance!!!