So villages and lawspeaker is a bit flawed. In regards of the Lawspeaker getting inactive leaving the village to its mercy.
There should be a mechanic where the villagers can choose a new Lawspeaker so they can access permissions. That way the village can continue going without the person that decided to vanish.
Maybe that option can become avaible if the person with lawspeaking becomes inactive for a set amount of days.