And a new, related entry for discussion:
====== Courts in Fenspace ======
Civil court in Fenspace is a lot simpler than Earth/U.S.A. You get two parties who are in conflict, they agree on a judge (often an Erisian), the judge takes care of the rest. This system of binding arbitration is slowly creating a "body of law," which happens to be nowhere near internally coherent, nor does it precisely follow the Articles of Convention.
Criminal court is similar, except that the accused doesn't always get a say in who the judge is. (Or judges - since it's often impossible to //find// a jury of the accused's peers, let alone compel them to hear a case, some Fen prefer to have a tribunal of at least three judges rule on serious crimes such as murder.)
It's a bit sparse... Any comments?
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
====== Courts in Fenspace ======
Civil court in Fenspace is a lot simpler than Earth/U.S.A. You get two parties who are in conflict, they agree on a judge (often an Erisian), the judge takes care of the rest. This system of binding arbitration is slowly creating a "body of law," which happens to be nowhere near internally coherent, nor does it precisely follow the Articles of Convention.
Criminal court is similar, except that the accused doesn't always get a say in who the judge is. (Or judges - since it's often impossible to //find// a jury of the accused's peers, let alone compel them to hear a case, some Fen prefer to have a tribunal of at least three judges rule on serious crimes such as murder.)
It's a bit sparse... Any comments?
-Rob Kelk
"Read Or Die: not so much a title as a way of life." - Justin Palmer, 6 June 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012