Set in a world where the old Roman laws permitting enslavement for debt were never repealed, By Judicial Decree is the story of two women enslaved by court order, who have fallen into the hands of a demanding owner. Elenora Riley, a beautiful, innocent eighteen year-old, and Olivia Addison, an equally lovely twenty-something arrogant aristocrat, are purchased by slave agent Quentin Scales for the wealthy, and sadistic Rupert Caine. Caine bends both women to his will with his unrelenting training methods.