I'd say Cheliax is a good nomination here, as is Galt or any other nation in a state of upheaval. There are certainly countries where hiring assassins is common. And since "laws" are put into place by the same people who are often assassination targets, it's unusual and rare and sort of self-defeating for there to be areas where hiring assassins is legal. Part of the problem is that an assassination is, by definition, the murder of an important person for political or religious reasons. Is the act of hiring an assassin legal in any of the areas of the world presented in the gazetteer? And in lawful societies, you might need to hire someone else to do the killin', somebody who's trained in the skills, who'll not accidentally take out an entire marketful of innocents, who'll do the job like a professional. Sometimes, there are feuds that threaten to erupt into multi-generaltional hostilities.
#Barsoom assassins guild professional
Other people wishing for a criminal action would not commit the crimes themselves -that would be tantamount to insanity- but would contract out a professional criminal to do so. Criminals would file their intents to commit crimes, and, once approved, would be the only people legally allowed to cary them out. Boys were encouraged to decide on a trade and prepare for their livelihood as soon as possible. They had different castes -government, law, education, handworker, artisan, etc. Suzette Haden Elgin wrote a story or two about a very highly regimented society, formed by a Compact after a long trip.
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